Cranial morphology of the tanystropheid Macrocnemus bassanii unveiled using synchrotron microtomography. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2020 The genus Macrocnemus is a member of the Tanystropheidae, a clade of non-archosauriform archosauromorphs well known for their very characteristic, elongated cervical vertebrae. Articulated specimens are known from the Middle Triassic of Alpine Europe and
Miedema F +4 more
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Empirical and Bayesian approaches to fossil-only divergence times: A study across three reptile clades. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2017 Estimating divergence times on phylogenies is critical in paleontological and neontological studies. Chronostratigraphically-constrained fossils are the only direct evidence of absolute timing of species divergence.
Turner AH, Pritchard AC, Matzke NJ.
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The phylogenetic relationships of basal archosauromorphs, with an emphasis on the systematics of proterosuchian archosauriforms. [PDF]
PeerJ, 2016 The early evolution of archosauromorphs during the Permo-Triassic constitutes an excellent empirical case study to shed light on evolutionary radiations in deep time and the timing and processes of recovery of terrestrial faunas after a mass extinction ...
Ezcurra MD.
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Colobops: a juvenile rhynchocephalian reptile (Lepidosauromorpha), not a diminutive archosauromorph with an unusually strong bite. [PDF]
R Soc Open Sci, 2020 Correctly identifying taxa at the root of major clades or the oldest clade-representatives is critical for meaningful interpretations of evolution. A small, partially crushed skull from the Late Triassic (Norian) of Connecticut, USA, originally described
Scheyer TM +5 more
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A Preliminary Analysis of Archosauromorph Baraminology [PDF]
, 2023 Archosauromorpha is a large grouping of reptiles including the Archosauria and other related taxa, such as phytosaurs, rhynchosaurs, and tanystropheids. Phylogenetically, Archosauria contains both crocodilians and birds, as well as several extinct groups
Ahten, Alia +4 more
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The locomotor ecomorphology of Mesozoic marine reptiles
Palaeontology, Volume 66, Issue 2, March/April 2023., 2023 Abstract The aftermath of the end‐Permian mass extinction provided ecological opportunities for many groups of reptiles, marking the beginning of reptile dominance of the Mesozoic oceans. Clades such as ichthyosaurs, thalattosuchians, sauropterygians, mosasaurs and turtles evolved a remarkable diversity of ecological niches and became important ...
Susana Gutarra +5 more
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Palaeontology, Volume 65, Issue 3, May/June 2022., 2022 Abstract Little is known about the large‐scale evolutionary patterns of skull size relative to body size, and the possible drivers behind these patterns, in Archosauromorpha. For example, the large skulls of erythrosuchids, a group of non‐archosaurian archosauromorphs from the Early and Middle Triassic, and of theropod dinosaurs are regarded as ...
Jordan Bestwick +8 more
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A new Middle Triassic vertebrate assemblage from Miedary (southern Poland) [PDF]
, 2023 The excavations and studies were supported by the National Science Centre, Poland (grants 2017/27/B/NZ8/01543, 2020/39/O/NZ8/02301 awarded to T. Su. and 2019/35/N/NZ8/03806 awarded to Ł.
Czepiński, Łukasz +5 more
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Cranial anatomy and taxonomy of the erythrosuchid archosauriform 'Vjushkovia triplicostata' Huene, 1960, from the Early Triassic of European Russia. [PDF]
R Soc Open Sci, 2019 Erythrosuchidae are a globally distributed and important group of apex predators that occupied Early and Middle Triassic terrestrial ecosystems following the Permo-Triassic mass extinction.
Butler RJ +8 more
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A large osteoderm-bearing rib from the Upper Triassic Kössen Formation (Norian/Rhaetian) of eastern Switzerland [PDF]
, 2022 An important component of the Alpine vertebrate record of Late Triassic age derives from the Kössen Formation, which crops out extensively in the eastern Alps.
Furrer, Heinz +3 more
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