Paludidraco multidentatus gen. et sp. nov.
Carlos de Miguel Chaves, Francisco Ortega & AdÃn PÃrez-GarcÃa (2018)
New highly pachyostotic nothosauroid interpreted as a filter-feeding Triassic marine reptile
Biology Letters 14: 20180130
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2018.0130
Two well-preserved specimens of a new eosauropterygian from the Upper Triassic of Central Spain are attributed to a new taxon, Paludidraco multidentatus gen. et sp. nov. It is a member of Simosauridae that presents several exclusive characters suggesting a highly specialized trophic adaptation. This discovery increases the already high ecological disparity of the Triassic marine reptiles.