Divergent evolution of terrestrial locomotor abilities in extant Crocodylia [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2019 Extant Crocodylia are exceptional because they employ almost the full range of quadrupedal footfall patterns (“gaits”) used by mammals; including asymmetrical gaits such as galloping and bounding.
John R Hutchinson +2 more
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The effects of cryptic diversity on diversification dynamics analyses in Crocodylia [PDF]
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological SciencesIncomplete taxon sampling due to underestimation of present-day biodiversity biases diversification analysis by favouring slowdowns in speciation rates towards the recent time. For instance, in diversification dynamics studies in Crocodylia, long-term low net-diversification rates and slowdowns in speciation rates have been ...
Gustavo Darlim, Sebastian Höhna
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Phylogenetic analysis of a new morphological dataset elucidates the evolutionary history of Crocodylia and resolves the long-standing gharial problem [PDF]
PeerJ, 2021 First appearing in the latest Cretaceous, Crocodylia is a clade of semi-aquatic, predatory reptiles, defined by the last common ancestor of extant alligators, caimans, crocodiles, and gharials.
Jonathan P. Rio, Philip D. Mannion
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Ocorrência da Icnoespécie Nihilichnus nihilicus Mikulás, Kadlecová, Fejfar & Dvorák (2006) em Vértebra de Crocodylia da Formação Solimões (Mioceno Superior da Bacia do Acre) [PDF]
Anuário do Instituto de Geociências, 2020 Os aspectos icnológicos relacionados a substrato ósseo da Formação Solimões (Mioceno superior da Bacia do Acre) ainda são pouco conhecidos. Um estudo tafonômico recente dos fósseis desta unidade disponíveis no acervo do Museu de Ciências da Terra da ...
Enrico Dalmas Baggio Di Gregorio +1 more
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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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Ontogenetic variability of the intertympanic sinus distinguishes lineages within Crocodylia
Journal of Anatomy, 2023 International audienceAbstract The phylogenetic relationships within crown Crocodylia remain contentious due to conflicts between molecular and morphological hypotheses.
Gwendal Perrichon +2 more
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A revision of the evolutionary relationships of Crocodylia [PDF]
, 2021 First appearing in the latest Cretaceous, Crocodylia is a clade of mostly semi-aquatic, predatory reptiles, defined as all of the descendants of the last common ancestor of the extant alligators, caimans, crocodiles, and gharials.
Rio, Jonathan Paul
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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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Structure and evolution of the embryonic cartilaginous skull of crocodilians [PDF]
Royal Society Open ScienceThe evolution of skull diversity in Crocodylia is rather well documented, but the developmental foundation of their cranial architecture remains poorly understood. Here, we present the first three-dimensional reconstruction of the embryonic cartilaginous
María Victoria Fernandez Blanco +1 more
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Cocodrilos (Archosauria: Crocodylia) de la región neotropical
Biota Colombiana, 2000 Crocodylia [Gmelin, 1789], originalmente Crocodili, es un orden con distribución circuntropical, aunque algunas especies actualmente ocupan áreas cálidas de la zona temperada. Los cocodrilos vivientes tienen sus ancestros en los protosuchios del triásico
Miguel A. Rodríguez M.
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