page_title: 2012 in paleontology
section_title: Newly named sauropterygians
hierarchical_section_title: 2012 in paleontology / Lepidosauromorphs / Newly named sauropterygians
caption_attribution_description: English: Holotype of Eoplesiosaurus antiquior (TTNCM 8348) in right lateral view. Image in A is a composite made from four photographs (divisions are indicated by black and white lines), with enlargement of anterior cervical vertebrae (B; magnified portion is enlarged x2.0 times). Gastralia are not shown in line drawing (C). Abbreviations: ca, caudal vertebra; ce, cervical vertebra [number following indicates order in preserved series]; chv, chevron; l., left [followed by name of element]; pro, lateral projection; prz, prezygapophysis; r., right [followed by name of element]; trp, transverse process. Scale bars equal 200 mm (A, C) and 50 mm (B).
context_page_description: Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. This includes the study of body fossils, tracks, burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised feces, palynomorphs and chemical residues. Because humans have encountered fossils for millennia, paleontology has a long history both before and after becoming formalized as a science.
  Note: In 2012 International Code of Zoological Nomenclature was amended, with new regulations allowing the publication of new names and nomenclatural acts in zoology after 2011 in works "produced in an edition containing simultaneously obtainable copies by a method that assures widely accessible electronic copies with fixed content and layout", provided that the work is registered in ZooBank before it is published, the work itself states the date of publication with evidence that registration has occurred, and the ZooBank registration states both the name of an electronic archive intended to preserve the work and the ISSN or ISBN associated with the work. New scientific names appearing in electronic works are not required to be registered in ZooBank, only the works themselves are.
caption: Eoplesiosaurus.
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