Heads or tails first? of fetal orientation in ichthyosaurs with scrutiny of the prevailing hypothesis

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• who: Feiko Miedema et al. from the 0191, Germany Institut Biologie, Fachgebiet, Hohenheim University have published the article: Heads or tails first? of fetal orientation in ichthyosaurs with scrutiny of the prevailing hypothesis, in the Journal: (JOURNAL)
• what: (2) Asphyxiation risk is the main reason aquatic amniotes give birth tail-first. The authors propose that birth preference is based on parturitional mechanics or carrying efficiency rather than habitat. The authors provide a short review of the reproductive strategies of other marine reptiles and briefly compare them to that of ichthyosaurs. Lastly, the authors propose a . . .
  

   

  

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