The ecological diversification and evolution of Teleosauroidea (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia), with insights into their mandibular biomechanics [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Throughout the Jurassic, a plethora of marine reptiles dominated ocean waters, including ichthyosaurs, plesiosaurs and thalattosuchian crocodylomorphs.
Michela M. Johnson +3 more
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Osteology of Carnufex carolinensis (Archosauria: Psuedosuchia) from the Pekin Formation of North Carolina and Its Implications for Early Crocodylomorph Evolution. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Crocodylomorphs originated in the Late Triassic and were the only crocodile-line archosaurs to survive the end-Triassic extinction. Recent phylogenetic analyses suggest that the closest relatives of these generally gracile, small-bodied taxa were a group
Susan M Drymala, Lindsay E Zanno
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Mariliasuchus robustus, um Novo Crocodylomorpha (Mesoeucrocodylia) da Bacia Bauru, Brasil. [PDF]
Anuário do Instituto de Geociências, 2007 Herein is described a new species of a Crocodylomorpha Mesoeucrcodylia belonging to the genus Mariliasuchusfrom the Adamantina Formation (Upper Cretaceous, Turonian-Santonian), Bauru Basin, Brazil.
Pedro Henrique Nobre +3 more
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LIMITED CONVERGENCE IN THE POSTCRANIUM OF AQUATIC CROCODYLOMORPHA [PDF]
Palaeontology, 2023 peer reviewedABSTRACT. Thalattosuchia (Early Jurassic–Early Cretaceous) and Dyrosauridea (Late Cretaceous–Early Eocene) are crocodylomorph archosaurs which diversified in fluvial and marine environments and endured extinction events (i.e.
Scavezzoni, Isaure, Fischer, Valentin
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Computed tomography reveals the endocranial anatomy of Crocodylia: Implications for phylogenetic relationships and ecomorphological convergence across Crocodylomorpha [PDF]
Journal of Anatomy, Volume 249, Issue 6, Page 1368-1427, December 2026.The evaluation of the endocranial anatomy of 43 crocodylian species reveals several differences, including variation in the curvature of the encephalic endocast, the size of the endosseous labyrinth and paratympanic sinuses, and the presence of additional snout sinuses.
Paul M. J. Burke, Philip D. Mannion
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Functional morphology and biomechanics of the locomotor apparatus in the large Late Triassic carnivore Postosuchus kirkpatricki (Archosauria: Rauisuchidae) [PDF]
Journal of Anatomy, EarlyView.A three‐dimensional model is used to analyze the locomotor biomechanics of the large Late Triassic archosaurian reptile Postosuchus kirkpatricki. The study finds that it is more uncertain than previously concluded whether it was quadrupedal or bipedal, and plantigrade or digitigrade, but it clearly had locomotor specializations including large hindlimb
John R. Hutchinson +6 more
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Bone microstructure in terrestrial Mesozoic Crocodylomorpha: Neuquensuchus and notosuchians [PDF]
Lethaia, 2022 The bone histology of different taxa of terrestrial Crocodylomorpha, specifically the Cretaceous non-mesoeucrocodylian Neuquensuchus universitas and three mesoeucrocodylian notosuchians, were studied.
García Marsa, Jordi Alexis +4 more
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Evolutionary structure and timing of major habitat shifts in Crocodylomorpha. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2019 Abstract Extant crocodylomorphs are semiaquatic ambush predators largely restricted to freshwater or estuarine environments, but the group is ancestrally terrestrial and inhabited a variety of ecosystems in the past. Despite its rich ecological history, little effort has focused on elucidating the historical pattern of ecological ...
Wilberg EW, Turner AH, Brochu CA.
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Journal of Anatomy, 2020 Almadasuchus figarii is a basal crocodylomorph recovered from the Upper Jurassic levels of the Cañadón Calcáreo Formation (Oxfordian–Tithonian) of Chubut, Argentina. This taxon is represented by cranial remains, which consist of partial snout and palatal
James Matthew Clark +5 more
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The pseudosuchian record in paleohistology: A small review [PDF]
The Anatomical Record, Volume 308, Issue 2, Page 245-256, February 2025.Abstract Archosauria originated around the Earth's largest biotic crisis that severely affected all ecosystems globally, the Permotriassic Mass extinction event, and comprises two crown‐group lineages: the bird‐lineage and the crocodylian lineage. The bird lineage includes the iconic pterosaurs, as well as dinosaurs and birds, whereas the crocodylian ...
Torsten M. Scheyer
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