First Record of Aff. Plesiosuchus sp. (Mesosuchia, Metriorhynchidae) in the Kimmeridgian of Le Havre (Normandy, North-Western France): Biometry, Profile of Locomotion, and Paleobiological Consequences [PDF]
LifeThis is the first record of the biggest Metriorhynchidae, aff. Plesiosuchus sp. in France. The remains consist of a partial vertebral column consisting of 11 vertebrae and an ischium fragment.
Hua Stéphane
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The cranial osteology of Tyrannoneustes lythrodectikos (Crocodylomorpha: Metriorhynchidae) from the Middle Jurassic of Europe [PDF]
PeerJ, 2014 Tyrannoneustes lythrodectikos is one of numerous metriorhynchid crocodylomorph species known from the Oxford Clay Formation of England (Callovian-Oxfordian; Middle-Late Jurassic).
Davide Foffa, Mark T. Young
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A revision of the diagnosis and affinities of the metriorhynchoids (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia) from the Rosso Ammonitico Veronese Formation (Jurassic of Italy) using specimen-level analyses [PDF]
PeerJ, 2019 Neptunidraco ammoniticus is a thalattosuchian crocodylomorph from the Rosso Ammonitico Veronese Formation (RAVF, Middle Jurassic) of northern Italy. Erected from one partial specimen, Neptunidraco is pivotal in reconstructing thalattosuchian evolution ...
Andrea Cau
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Description and phylogenetic relationships of a new species of Torvoneustes (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia) from the Kimmeridgian of Switzerland [PDF]
PeerJ, 2023 Metriorhynchids are marine crocodylomorphs found across Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous deposits of Europe and Central and South America. Despite being one of the oldest fossil families named in paleontology, the phylogenetic relationships within ...
Léa C. Girard +4 more
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Thalattosuchian crocodylomorphs from European Russia, and new insights into metriorhynchid tooth serration evolution and their palaeolatitudinal distribution [PDF]
PeerJ, 2023 From the Middle Jurassic to the Early Cretaceous, metriorhynchid crocodylomorphs inhabited marine ecosystems across the European archipelago. Unfortunately, European metriorhynchids are only well known from Germany, France, and the UK, with the Eastern ...
Mark T. Young +7 more
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Evidence for a novel cranial thermoregulatory pathway in thalattosuchian crocodylomorphs [PDF]
PeerJ, 2023 Thalattosuchian crocodylomorphs were a diverse clade that lived from the Early Jurassic to the Early Cretaceous. The subclade Metriorhynchoidea underwent a remarkable transition, evolving from semi-aquatic ambush predators into fully aquatic forms living
Mark T. Young +6 more
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The ecological diversification and evolution of Teleosauroidea (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia), with insights into their mandibular biomechanics. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2022 An investigation into teleosauroid functional morphology and ecological diversification. Using dental and mandibular characteristics, results suggest that teleosauroids displayed limited mandibular functional variability, aside from certain subgroups which exploited larger/harder prey items.
Johnson MM +3 more
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Neuroanatomy of the mekosuchine crocodylian Trilophosuchus rackhami Willis, 1993. [PDF]
J Anat, 2022 This study described the neuroanatomy of the mekosuchine crocodylian Trilophosuchus rackhami from the Middle Miocene of Australia. Although the neuromorphology of Trilophosuchus rackhami follows the general patterns seen in crocodylomorphs, it is nevertheless characterized by a unique combination of features that stand out among currently known taxa ...
Ristevski J.
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Braincase and endocranial anatomy of two thalattosuchian crocodylomorphs and their relevance in understanding their adaptations to the marine environment [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 Thalattosuchians are a group of Mesozoic crocodylomorphs known from aquatic deposits of the Early Jurassic–Early Cretaceous that comprises two main lineages of almost exclusively marine forms, Teleosauridae and Metriorhynchoidea.
Yanina Herrera +2 more
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Cautionary tales on the use of proxies to estimate body size and form of extinct animals. [PDF]
Ecol EvolReconstructing the body size and form of extinct animals is of vital importance to our understanding of macroevolution and palaeontology. This is often done using anatomical proxies where extinct species are known only from fragmentary remains. However, there are many limitations influencing the selection of proxy taxa that are frequently overlooked ...
Gayford JH +7 more
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