Osteological and Soft-Tissue Evidence for Pneumatization in the Cervical Column of the Ostrich (Struthio camelus) and Observations on the Vertebral Columns of Non-Volant, Semi-Volant and Semi-Aquatic Birds [PDF]
, 2015 © 2015 Apostolaki et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License [4.0], which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source ...
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Unique internal anatomy of vertebrae as a key factor for neck elongation in Triassic archosauromorphs [PDF]
The Triassic was a key period in the evolution of vertebrates, and reptiles in particular, giving rise to a plethora of successful lineages, some of which are still extant. One of the groups that flourished during the early Mesozoic were the tanysaurians
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Were early pterosaurs inept terrestrial locomotors? [PDF]
, 2015 Pterodactyloid pterosaurs are widely interpreted as terrestrially competent, erect-limbed quadrupeds, but the terrestrial capabilities of non-pterodactyloids are largely thought to have been poor.
Witton, Mark P.
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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2017 Supplemental materials are available for this article for free at www.tandfonline.com/UJVP Citation for this article: Jaquier, V. P., and T. M. Scheyer. 2017. Bone histology of the Middle Triassic long-necked reptiles Tanystropheus and Macrocnemus (Archosauromorpha, Protorosauria). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2017.1296456.
Jaquier, Vivien P, Scheyer, Torsten M
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Biology and ecology of crocodiles (order Crocodylia) [PDF]
, 2009 Krokodili su se pojavili prije oko 240 milijuna godina. U početku su bili male kopnene životinje. Poboljšanje klime omogućilo im je da se razviju u puno veće oblike poput Deinosuchusa koji je dosezao veličinu do 13m.
Dvorski, Paula
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A REEXAMINATION OF FOUR PROLACERTIFORMS WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR PTEROSAUR PHYLOGENESIS [PDF]
, 2000 Traditionally, pterosaurs have been included within the Archosauriformes and many contemporary workers consider the Pterosauria the sister group to Lagosuchus, Scleromochlus and the Dinosauria.
PETERS, DAVID
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The Braincase and Neurosensory Anatomy of an Early Jurassic Marine Crocodylomorph: Implications for Crocodylian Sinus Evolution and Sensory Transitions [PDF]
, 2016 This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article: Brusatte, S. L., Muir, A. , Young, M. T., Walsh, S. , Steel, L. and Witmer, L. M. (2016), The Braincase and Neurosensory Anatomy of an Early Jurassic Marine Crocodylomorph: Implications for ...
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Functional and ecomorphological evolution of orbit shape in mesozoic archosaurs is driven by body size and diet. [PDF]
Commun Biol, 2022 Lautenschlager S.
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A new Middle Triassic (Ladinian) trilophosaurid stem-archosaur from Germany increases diversity and temporal range of this clade. [PDF]
R Soc Open Sci, 2023 Sues HD, Schoch RR.
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Tetrapod fauna of the Upper Triassic (Revueltian) Owl Rock Formation, Chinle Group, Arizona [PDF]
, 2007 The Owl Rock Formation, upper Chinle Group, crops out in the Four Corners area. In the 1980s, Kirby made an extensive collection of vertebrate fossils from the Owl Rock Formation in the Ward Terrace area, northeastern Arizona.
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