Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Throughout the Jurassic, a plethora of marine reptiles dominated ocean waters, including ichthyosaurs, plesiosaurs and thalattosuchian crocodylomorphs.
Stephen Louis Brusatte +2 more
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The Phylogenetics of Teleosauroidea (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia) and Implications for Their Ecology and Evolution [PDF]
PeerJ, 2020 Teleosauroidea was a clade of ancient crocodylomorphs that were a key element of coastal marine environments during the Jurassic. Despite a 300-year research history and a recent renaissance in the study of their morphology and taxonomy ...
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Papers in Palaeontology, 2023 Abstract The study of how organisms grow is a fundamental aspect of palaeontology. Growth in teleosauroids is poorly understood and little studied, especially in an ontogenetic sense. We investigate growth rates of the most common and abundant teleosauroid, Macrospondylus bollensis, in which a large sample of multiple body sizes is available from the ...
Michela M. Johnson +2 more
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Revision of the Late Jurassic Deep-Water Teleosauroid Crocodylomorph Teleosaurus Megarhinus Hulke, 1871 and Evidence of Pelagic Adaptations in Teleosauroidea [PDF]
PeerJ, 2019 Teleosauroids were a successful group of semi-aquatic crocodylomorphs that were an integral part of coastal marine/lagoonal faunas during the Jurassic. Their fossil record suggests that the group declined in diversity and abundance in deep water deposits
Stephen Louis Brusatte +2 more
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Virtual Reconstruction of the Endocranial Anatomy of the Early Jurassic Marine Crocodylomorph Pelagosaurus Typus (Thalattosuchia) [PDF]
PeerJ, 2017 Thalattosuchians were highly specialised aquatic archosaurs of the Jurassic and Early Cretaceous, and represent a peak of aquatic adaptation among crocodylomorphs. Relatively little is known of their endocranial anatomy or its relevance for the evolution
Roger B.J. Benson +2 more
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Royal Society Open ScienceThe Jurassic period was a time of major diversification for Mesozoic marine reptiles, including Ichthyosauria, Plesiosauria and thalattosuchian Crocodylomorpha.
Michela M. Johnson +2 more
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The mystery of Mystriosaurus: Redescribing the poorly known Early Jurassic teleosauroid thalattosuchians Mystriosaurus laurillardi and Steneosaurus brevior [PDF]
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2019 The genus Mystriosaurus, established by Kaup in 1834, was one of the first thalattosuchian genera to be named. The holotype, an incomplete skull from the lower Toarcian Posidonienschiefer Formation of Altdorf (Bavaria, southern Germany), is poorly known ...
Sven Sachs +3 more
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A new teleosaurid (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia) from the Sibumasu Terrane of Southeast Asia and a taxonomic reassessment of Indosinosuchus [PDF]
PeerJWe describe teleosaurid remains from the Middle to Upper Jurassic Khlong Min Formation at Ban Nam Pun in southern Thailand and define Indosinosuchus peninsularensis sp. nov. This new species is diagnosed by a unique combination of cranial and postcranial
Komsorn Lauprasert +9 more
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Analysing Thalattosuchia palaeobiodiversity through the prism of phylogenetic comparative methods
Palaeontology, Volume 68, Issue 1, January/February 2025.Abstract Thalattosuchia are a particularly diverse group of mostly marine crocodylomorphs that lived during most of the Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous. Previous studies have sought to uncover the factors influencing Crocodylomorpha evolution, yielding mixed results, possibly due to Thalattosuchia's unique ecological niche and controversial phylogenetic ...
Tom Forêt +3 more
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