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Evaluation of factors associated with predation on Caiman latirostris nests (Crocodylia: Alligatoridae) in Argentina [PDF]

, 2016
La predación es una de las mayores causas de pérdida de huevos de cocodrilianos. Estudios previos reportan que los predadores detectan a las presas mediante signos visuales u olfativos, por ejemplo los producidos por el hombre.
Costa Gonçalves Portelinha, Thiago, Parachu Marco, Maria Virginia, Piña, Carlos Ignacio, Simoncini, Melina Soledad   +3 more
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Is there only one species of Hepatozoon infecting Brazilian caimans? Integrative taxonomy unveiling the parasite’s diversity [PDF]

Brazilian Journal of Biology
Hepatozoon spp. are the most common haemoparasites reported from reptiles around the world, however, only six species have been described infecting crocodilians. In Brazil, Hepatozoon caimani Carini, 1909 is currently the only recognized species from the
L. P. Úngari, E. C. Netherlands, A. L. Q. Santos, L. A. Viana, R. J. da Silva, L. H. O’Dwyer   +5 more
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Spatial release from masking in crocodilians

Communications Biology, 2022
The ability to separate target sound signals from masking noise is identified in wild and captive crocodilian species.
Julie Thévenet, Léo Papet, Zilca Campos, Michael Greenfield, Nicolas Boyer, Nicolas Grimault, Nicolas Mathevon   +6 more
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The role of embryo movement in the development of the furcula [PDF]

, 2017
The pectoral girdle is a complex structure which varies in its morphology between species. A major component in birds is the furcula, which can be considered equivalent to a fusion of the paired clavicles found in many mammals, and the single ...
Allen, Cubbage, Edsall, Ferguson, Fisher, Germiller, Hall, Hall, Hall, Heywood, Hosseini, Hosseini, Huang, Jenkins, Lamb, Lansdown, Matsuoka, McGonnell, Nowlan, Nowlan, Osborne, Pitsillides, Pollard, Rawlinson, Rot-Nikcevic, Rot-Nikcevic, Sharir, Vickaryous, Zhang   +28 more
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Morphometric Analysis of Dinosaur Tracks from Southwest Arkansas [PDF]

, 2013
Dinosaur trackways were discovered in Cretaceous De Queen Limestone strata in Howard County, Arkansas, in June 2011. Multiple trackways with variably sized tridactyl tracks were exposed in a commercial quarry, suggesting multiple theropod species or ...
Boss, Stephen K., Shell, R.
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Shared species of crocodilian trypanosomes carried by tabanid flies in Africa and South America, including the description of a new species from caimans, Trypanosoma kaiowa n. sp.

Parasites & Vectors, 2019
Background The genus Trypanosoma Gruby, 1843 is constituted by terrestrial and aquatic phylogenetic lineages both harboring understudied trypanosomes from reptiles including an increasing diversity of crocodilian trypanosomes.
Bruno R. Fermino, Fernando Paiva, Laerte B. Viola, Carla M. F. Rodrigues, Herakles A. Garcia, Marta Campaner, Carmen S. A. Takata, Desie Sheferaw, John J. Kisakye, Agapitus Kato, Carlos A. G. S. Jared, Marta M. G. Teixeira, Erney P. Camargo   +12 more
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Were-Jaguars and Crocodilians: A Need to Redefine [PDF]

, 2014
The general consensus amongst scholars is that anthropomorphic and zoomorphic Formative art, usually associated with the Olmecs but extending to post-Columbian civilisations, are depictions of humans and/or jaguars known as were-jaguars (De La Fuente ...
Takkou-Neofytou, Richard
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The first definitive Middle Jurassic atoposaurid (Crocodylomorpha, Neosuchia), and a discussion on the genus Theriosuchus [PDF]

, 2015
Atoposaurids were a clade of semiaquatic crocodyliforms known from the Late Jurassic to the latest Cretaceous. Tentative remains from Europe, Morocco, and Madagascar may extend their range into the Middle Jurassic.
Brusatte, S, Challands, T, Clark, N, Dugal, R, Fraser, N, Tennant, JP, Young, MT   +6 more
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Evidence for endothermic ancestors of crocodiles at the stem of archosaur evolution [PDF]

, 2004
Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 77(6):1051–1067. 2004. © 2004 by The University of Chicago.Physiological, anatomical, and developmental features of the crocodilian heart support the paleontological evidence that the ancestors of living crocodilians
Bennett-Stamper, C., Carrier, D., Grigg, G., Johnston, S., Seymour, R.   +4 more
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Bioimaging of sense organs and the central nervous system in extant fishes and reptiles in situ: A review

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Bioimaging of the sense organs and brain of fishes and reptiles. Left panel: 3D reconstruction of the head and brain of the deep‐sea viperfish Chauliodus sloani following diceCT. Right panel: A 3D reconstruction of a 70‐day‐old embryo head of the bearded dragon Pogona vitticeps following diceCT, showing the position of the segmented brain within the ...
Shaun P. Collin, Kara E. Yopak, Jenna M. Crowe‐Riddell, Victoria Camilieri‐Asch, Caroline C. Kerr, Hope Robins, Myoung Hoon Ha, Annalise Ceddia, Travis L. Dutka, Lucille Chapuis   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source