Data from: Ontogeny and evolution of the elasmosaurid neck highlight a greater diversity of Antarctic plesiosaurians ...

• Main Authors: Brum, Arthur S., Simões, Tiago R., Souza, Geovane A., Pinheiro, André E. P., Figueiredo, Rodrigo G., Caldwell, Michael W., Sayão, Juliana M., Kellner, Alexander W. A.
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Dryad 2021
• Subjects: FOS: Biological sciences; Plesiosauria; Linear morphometry; Snow Hill Island Formation; Antarctica; mophometrics; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Hill Island; Snow Hill Island; Snow Hill; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.xpnvx0kff; https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.xpnvx0kff

The Antarctic plesiosaurian record is critical for understanding the evolution of elasmosaurids in the southern hemisphere. Elasmosaurids exhibit some of the most remarkable modifications of the vertebrate axial skeleton given their extreme elongation of the cervical region. Despite a considerable a...