La familia Metriorhynchidae (Crocodylomorpha) agrupa a cocodrilos marinos altamente especializados, habitantes permanentes de mar abierto y depredadores exitosos en los mares tropicales del Jurásico.
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The internal braincase anatomy of Thalattosuchus superciliosus – with implications for the endocranial evolution of metriorhynchid crocodylomorphs [PDF]
Thalattosuchian crocodylomorphs underwent a major evolutionary transition, evolving from semiaquatic forms reminiscent of extant crocodylians, into pelagic marine forms with flippers, a tail fin and smooth scaleless skin.
Young, Mark T. +14 more
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Reassessment of body temperature and thermoregulation strategies in Mesozoic marine reptiles
International audienceAbstract Ichthyosauria, Plesiosauria, and Metriorhynchidae were apex predators in Mesozoic oceanic trophic networks. Previous stable oxygen isotope studies suggested that several taxa belonging to these groups were endothermic and ...
Delsett, Lene Liebe +9 more
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, 2020 \ua9 2020 The Linnean Society of London, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. Amongst Mesozoic marine reptiles, metriorhynchid crocodylomorphs were unique in evolving into pelagically adapted forms with little-to-no posterodorsal retraction of the ...
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Thermophysiologies of Jurassic marine crocodylomorphs inferred from the oxygen isotope composition of their tooth apatite. [PDF]
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 2020 Séon N +8 more
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Dataset for 'The endocranial anatomy of large-bodied pelagic crocodylomorphs, evidence for unexpected ecological diversity within Metriorhynchidae'.This includes supplementary information, code, and associated data files.The phylogenetic and sinus datasets were taken from Young et al., (2024), see https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.241272 for further ...
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Investigation of a bone lesion in a gorgonopsian (Synapsida) from the Permian of Zambia and periosteal reactions in fossil non-mammalian tetrapods. [PDF]
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 2020 Kato KM +3 more
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Environmental drivers of body size evolution in crocodile-line archosaurs. [PDF]
Commun Biol, 2021 Stockdale MT, Benton MJ.
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Diversification events and the effects of mass extinctions on Crocodyliformes evolutionary history. [PDF]
R Soc Open Sci, 2015 Bronzati M, Montefeltro FC, Langer MC.
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A Skull of <i>Metriorhynchus palpebrosus</i> in the Kimmeridgian of Normandy (Northwest France) and the Status of the Genus Metriorhynchus: The End of the Mystery? [PDF]
Life (Basel)Hua S, Tabouelle J.
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