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January 2019

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Descriptive anatomy of the largest known specimen of Protoichthyosaurus prostaxalis

Three-dimensional skull of BMT 1955.G35.1, Protoichthyosaurus prostaxalis.

January 8, 2019

Descriptive anatomy of the largest known specimen of Protoichthyosaurus prostaxalis

Representing one of the first times that medical imaging and three-dimensional reconstruction methods have been applied to a large skull of a marine reptile, researchers describe the partial skeleton of a large ichthyosaur from the Lower Jurassic of Warwickshire, England. The unusual three-dimensional preservation of the specimen permitted computed tomography (CT) scanning of individual braincase elements as well as the entire reassembled skull.

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January 7, 2019

Intestinal parasitic infection alters bacterial gut microbiota in children

14 citations

881 downloads

2,525 views

Miguel A. Toro-Londono, Katherine Bedoya-Urrego, Gisela M. Garcia-Montoya, Ana L. Galvan-Diaz, Juan F. Alzate

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6200 PubMed 30643702

January 31, 2019

Blood parasites in Passeriformes in central Germany: prevalence and lineage diversity of Haemosporida (Haemoproteus, Plasmodium and Leucocytozoon) in six common songbirds

4 citations

422 downloads