Heteropelta boboi n. gen., n. sp. an armored archosauriform (Reptilia: Archosauromorpha) from the Middle Triassic of Italy [PDF]
PeerJ, 2021 Heteropelta boboi is a new archosauriform reptile from the upper Anisian of northeastern Italy represented by a fragment of dorsal armor with a row of neural arches of the dorsal vertebrae.
Fabio Marco Dalla Vecchia
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Locomotion and the early Mesozoic success of Archosauromorpha [PDF]
Royal Society Open ScienceThe Triassic was a time of ecological upheaval as life recovered from the Permian-Triassic mass extinction. Archosauromorphs were a key component of the recovery, diversifying substantially during the Triassic and encompassing the origins of dinosaurs ...
Amy E. Shipley +4 more
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The cranial morphology of Tanystropheus hydroides (Tanystropheidae, Archosauromorpha) as revealed by synchrotron microtomography [PDF]
PeerJ, 2020 The postcranial morphology of the extremely long-necked Tanystropheus hydroides is well-known, but observations of skull morphology were previously limited due to compression of the known specimens.
Stephan N.F. Spiekman +6 more
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The affinities of the Late Triassic Cryptovaranoides and the age of crown squamates [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2023 Most living reptile diversity is concentrated in Squamata (lizards, including snakes), which have poorly known origins in space and time. Recently, †Cryptovaranoides microlanius from the Late Triassic of the United Kingdom was described as the oldest ...
Chase D. Brownstein +5 more
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A new phylogenetic hypothesis of Tanystropheidae (Diapsida, Archosauromorpha) and other “protorosaurs”, and its implications for the early evolution of stem archosaurs [PDF]
PeerJ, 2021 The historical clade “Protorosauria” represents an important group of archosauromorph reptiles that had a wide geographic distribution between the Late Permian and Late Triassic.
Stephan N.F. Spiekman +2 more
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An armoured marine reptile from the Early Triassic of South China and its phylogenetic and evolutionary implications [PDF]
eLife, 2023 Sauropterygia was a taxonomically and ecomorphologically diverse clade of Mesozoic marine reptiles spanning the Early Triassic to the Late Cretaceous.
Andrzej S Wolniewicz +7 more
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The early evolution of rhynchosaurs [PDF]
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2016 The rhynchosaurian archosauromorphs are an important and diverse group of fossil tetrapods that first appeared during the Early Triassic and probably became extinct during the early Late Triassic (early Norian).
Martin Daniel Ezcurra +3 more
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Extreme neck elongation evolved despite strong developmental constraints in bizarre Triassic reptiles—implications for neck modularity in archosaurs [PDF]
Royal Society Open ScienceThe Triassic radiation of vertebrates saw the emergence of the modern vertebrate groups, as well as numerous extinct animals exhibiting conspicuous, unique anatomical characteristics.
Adam Rytel +3 more
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Rapid Initial Morphospace Expansion and Delayed Morphological Disparity Peak in the First 100 Million Years of the Archosauromorph Evolutionary Radiation [PDF]
Frontiers in Earth Science, 2021 Adaptive radiations have played a major role in generating modern and deep-time biodiversity. The Triassic radiation of the Archosauromorpha was one of the most spectacular vertebrate radiations, giving rise to many highly ecomorphologically varied ...
Christian Foth +6 more
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Royal Society Open Science, 2023 Proterosuchidae represents the oldest substantial diversification of Archosauromorpha and plays a key role in understanding the biotic recovery after the end-Permian mass extinction.
Martín Daniel Ezcurra +2 more
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