First record of a tomistomine crocodylian from Australia [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2021 Based on the known fossil record, the majority of crocodylians from the Cenozoic Era of Australia are referred to the extinct clade Mekosuchinae. The only extant crocodylians in Australia are two species of Crocodylus.
Jorgo Ristevski +3 more
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Roars, Rumbles, and Resonance: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis of Crocodylian Acoustic Signals [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionCrocodylians are highly vocal reptiles, possessing a complex acoustic signalling system including vocal and non‐vocal signals used for courtship, mating, mediating conflict, and providing maternal care.
Sonnie A. Flores +3 more
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Environmental DNA-based biomonitoring of Cuban Crocodylus and their accompanying vertebrate fauna from Zapata Swamp, Cuba [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 Crocodylians globally face considerable challenges, including population decline and extensive habitat modification. Close monitoring of crocodylian populations and their habitats is imperative for the timely detection of population trends, especially in
Etiam Pérez-Fleitas +6 more
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‘Ear stones’ in crocodylians: a cross-species comparative and ontogenetic survey of otolith structures [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2022 The vestibular system of the inner ear is a crucial sensory organ, involved in the sensation of balance and equilibrium. It consists of three semicircular canals that sense angular rotations of the head and the vestibule that detects linear acceleration ...
Julia A. Schwab +7 more
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Novel Alligator Cathelicidin As-CATH8 Demonstrates Anti-Infective Activity against Clinically Relevant and Crocodylian Bacterial Pathogens [PDF]
Antibiotics, 2022 Host defense peptides (HDPs) represent an alternative way to address the emergence of antibiotic resistance. Crocodylians are interesting species for the study of these molecules because of their potent immune system, which confers high resistance to ...
Felix L. Santana +11 more
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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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Determining whether a phosphatic concretion containing a Cretaceous juvenile crocodylian is a coprolite or a non-fecal concretion [PDF]
Scientific ReportsPhosphatic concretions in terrestrial settings are often identified as coprolites based upon their biotic contents and high phosphorus levels. However, recent discoveries have shown that non-fecal origins of fossiliferous phosphatic concretions are more ...
Ryan C. Allen +4 more
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Expanded phylogeny elucidates Deinosuchus relationships, crocodylian osmoregulation and body-size evolution [PDF]
Communications BiologyTransmarine distribution and gigantism in the Late Cretaceous North American crocodyliform Deinosuchus has been difficult to reconcile with consistently inferred phylogenetic relationships to alligatorids, an otherwise freshwater and smaller-bodied group.
Jules D. Walter +5 more
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Population status and genetic assessment of mugger (Crocodylus palustris) in a tropical regulated river system in North India [PDF]
Scientific ReportsFor rewilding the depleted crocodylian populations in India, a targeted ‘one-species one area’ based conservation approach was adopted in the early-1970s.
Surya Prasad Sharma +4 more
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Unraveling Population Trend of a Critically Endangered Freshwater Crocodylian, Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) in the National Chambal Sanctuary, India [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionThe gharial (Gavialis gangeticus), an endemic freshwater crocodylian species, has shown signs of recovery following a severe population decline, primarily due to concerted conservation efforts initiated in the mid‐1970s.
Surya Prasad Sharma +3 more
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