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Gastroliths in the Triassic ichthyosaur Panjiangsaurus from China

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 May 2016

Cheng Long ,
Oliver Wings ,
Chen Xiaohong  and
P. Martin Sander
Cheng Long
Affiliation:
Yichang Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources, China Geological Survey, PO Box 502, Yichang, Hubei Province 443003,
Oliver Wings
Affiliation:
Institute of Geosciences, University of Tübingen, Sigwartstr. 10, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany,
Chen Xiaohong
Affiliation:
Yichang Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources, China Geological Survey, PO Box 502, Yichang, Hubei Province 443003,
P. Martin Sander
Affiliation:
Institute of Paleontology, University of Bonn, Nussallee 8, D-53113 Germany,
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Gastroliths (stomach stones) are frequently reported in association with plesiosaur remains, especially elasmosaurids (e.g., Brown, 1904; Williston, 1904; Welles and Bump, 1949; Darby and Ojakangas, 1980; Everhart, 2000; Cicimurri and Everhart, 2001). Stones are also known from several other fossil and modern aquatic vertebrates, including fishes (Dapples, 1938; Thomson, 1966; Trewin, 1986), penguins (Emery, 1963; Stonehouse, 1967; Boswall and MacIver, 1975), crocodilians (Cott, 1961; Neill, 1971; Keller and Schaal, 1992), and pinnipeds (Fleming, 1951; Mohr, 1963; Bryden, 1999).

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 80 , Issue 3 , May 2006 , pp. 583 - 588
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