Acta Herpetologica, 2021 Bone histology is an important tool for the interpretation of life patterns in animals of the past and extant fauna. The crocodylians have been studied as important inferential models for morphophysiological characteristics.
Paulo Mascarenhas-Junior +2 more
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Crocodiles (Archosauria: Crocodylia) of the neotropical region
Biota Colombiana, 2000 -
Miguel A. Rodríguez M.
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Temperature variation in nests of Caiman crocodilus (Crocodylia: Alligatoridae)
Acta Herpetologica, 2007 Caiman crocodilus is a widely distributed species in the Neotropics; however, studies of incubation temperatures in wildlife are uncommon. Incubation temperature in four nests of Caiman crocodilus were measured with a digital thermometer, in the National
Armando H. Escobedo Galván
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Reproductive Biology of the Crocodylia
Phyllomedusa: Journal of Herpetology, 2022 Grahame Webb, Charlie Manolis
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Size, not phylogeny, explains the morphology of the endosseous labyrinth in the crown clade Crocodylia. [PDF]
J AnatHere, we present the most complete dataset to date on the endosseous labyrinths of extant crocodylians. Using 3D geometric morphometrics, we show that allometry constitutes a major contributor of the shape variation of the crocodylian endosseous labyrinths and that the development of this structure is likely linked to the braincase conformation, in all
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Clustering crocodylian dental morphology: Insights into functional adaptations, diet, and ontogeny. [PDF]
J AnatExtant crocodylians may be divided into five clusters based on the residuals of four linear dental measurements (y‐axes) and their variation along the jaw (x‐axes). These clusters correlate to snout shape, prey preference, and feeding ecology, particularly prey size and the degree of processing necessary. Multiple families and subfamilies were found in
Testin JJ, D'Amore DC.
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Selection and trans-species polymorphism of major histocompatibility complex class II genes in the order Crocodylia. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) class II genes encode for molecules that aid in the presentation of antigens to helper T cells. MHC characterisation within and between major vertebrate taxa has shed light on the evolutionary mechanisms shaping the
Weerachai Jaratlerdsiri +4 more
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Forelimb muscle and joint actions in Archosauria: insights from Crocodylus johnstoni (Pseudosuchia) and Mussaurus patagonicus (Sauropodomorpha) [PDF]
, 2017 Many of the major locomotor transitions during the evolution of Archosauria, the lineage including crocodiles and birds as well as extinct Dinosauria, were shifts from quadrupedalism to bipedalism (and vice versa).
Allen, V +3 more
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Allodaposuchus palustris sp. nov. from the upper cretaceous of Fumanya (South-Eastern Pyrenees, Iberian Peninsula): systematics, palaeoecology and palaeobiogeography of the enigmatic allodaposuchian crocodylians. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 The controversial European genus Allodaposuchus is currently composed of two species (A. precedens, A. subjuniperus) and it has been traditionally considered a basal eusuchian clade of crocodylomorphs. In the present work, the new species A. palustris is
Alejandro Blanco +4 more
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The evolution and role of the hyposphene-hypantrum articulation in Archosauria: phylogeny, size and/or mechanics? [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2019 Living members of Archosauria, the reptile clade containing Crocodylia and Aves, have a wide range of skeletal morphologies, ecologies and body size.
Candice M. Stefanic +1 more
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