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A check-list of the pentastomid parasites of crocodilians and freshwater chelonians
Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 2006 Based on published records and own data a summary is given of the geographical distribution of the currently known species of pentastomid parasites infecting crocodiles and alligators, as well as freshwater chelonians.
K. Junker, J. Boomker
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The late Pleistocene horned crocodile Voay robustus (Grandidier & Vaillant, 1872) from Madagascar in the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin [PDF]
Fossil Record, 2009 Crocodylian material from late Pleistocene localities around Antsirabe, Madagascar, stored in the collection of the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, was surveyed. Several skeletal elements, including skull bones, vertebrae, ribs, osteoderms, and limb bones
C. Bickelmann, N. Klein
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2018 Interspecific hybridization can lead to adaptation and speciation, especially in the context of recent radiations. The emblematic Crocodylus (true crocodiles) is the most broadly distributed, ecologically diverse, and species-rich crocodylian genus ...
Gualberto Pacheco-Sierra +6 more
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A new horned crocodile from the Plio-Pleistocene hominid sites at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2010 BackgroundThe fossil record reveals surprising crocodile diversity in the Neogene of Africa, but relationships with their living relatives and the biogeographic origins of the modern African crocodylian fauna are poorly understood.
Christopher A Brochu +3 more
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Genetic evidence supports a distinct lineage of American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) in the Greater Antilles [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 Four species of true crocodile (genus Crocodylus) have been described from the Americas. Three of these crocodile species exhibit non-overlapping distributions—Crocodylus intermedius in South America, C. moreletii along the Caribbean coast of Mesoamerica,
Yoamel Milián-García +10 more
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Appendicular Muscle Physiology and Biomechanics inCrocodylus niloticus [PDF]
Integrative Organismal Biology, 2020 AbstractArchosaurian reptiles (including living crocodiles and birds) had an explosive diversification of locomotor form and function since the Triassic approximately 250 million years ago. Their limb muscle physiology and biomechanics are pivotal to our understanding of how their diversity and evolution relate to locomotor function. Muscle contraction
Krijn B Michel +4 more
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Acta Herpetologica, 2020 Two groups of extant Archosauria, Crocodylia and Neornithes, have two-chambered stomachs and store gastroliths inside their “gizzards”. Morphological similarities of the “gizzards” lead some previous studies to assume that the presence of this structure,
Ryuji Takasaki, Yoshitsugu Kobayashi
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, 2019 Published as part of Murray, Christopher M., Russo, Peter, Zorrilla, Alexander & McMahan, Caleb D., 2019, Divergent Morphology among Populations of the New Guinea Crocodile, Crocodylus novaeguineae (Schmidt, 1928): Diagnosis of an Independent Lineage and Description of a New Species, pp. 517-523 in Copeia 107 (3) on page 522, DOI: 10.1643/CG-19-240,
Murray, Christopher M. +3 more
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Communications Biology, 2021 Hekkala et al. use mitochondrial genomic data of the extinct “horned” crocodile, Voay robustus, from Holocene deposits in Madagascar to examine its evolutionary history.
E. Hekkala +10 more
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Were human babies used as bait in crocodile hunts in colonial Sri Lanka?
Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2015 Use of live animals as bait is not an uncommon practice in hunting worldwide. However, some curious accounts of the use of human babies as bait to lure crocodiles in sport hunting exist on the island of Sri Lanka, where sport hunting was common during ...
Anslem de Silva, Ruchira Somaweera
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