What's in an Outgroup? The Impact of Outgroup Choice on the Phylogenetic Position of Thalattosuchia (Crocodylomorpha) and the Origin of Crocodyliformes [PDF]
Systematic Biology, 2015 Outgroup sampling is a central issue in phylogenetic analysis. However, good justification is rarely given for outgroup selection in published analyses. Recent advances in our understanding of archosaur phylogeny suggest that many previous studies of crocodylomorph and crocodyliform relationships have rooted trees on outgroup taxa that are only very ...
Wilberg, Eric W.
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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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Convergence and functional evolution of longirostry in crocodylomorphs [PDF]
Palaeontology, Volume 62, Issue 6, Page 867-887, November 2019., 2019 During the Mesozoic, Crocodylomorpha had a much higher taxonomic and morphological diversity than today. Members of one particularly successful clade, Thalattosuchia, are well‐known for being longirostrine: having long, slender snouts.
Emily J. Rayfield +15 more
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Evidence of macrophagous teleosaurid crocodylomorphs in the Corallian Group (Oxfordian, Late Jurassic) of the UK [PDF]
PeerJ, 2015 Teleosaurids were a group of semi-aquatic crocodylomorphs with a fossil record that spanned the Jurassic Period. In the UK, abundant specimens are known from the Oxford Clay Formation (OCF, Callovian to lower Oxfordian), but are very rare in the ...
Davide Foffa +2 more
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Phylogenetic relationships of the Thalattosuchia [PDF]
, 2005 Mueller-Töwe, Inken Juliane
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Neuroanatomy of the crocodylian Tomistoma dowsoni from the Miocene of North Africa provides insights into the evolutionary history of gavialoids. [PDF]
J Anat, 2023 We compared the neuroanatomy of Tomistoma dowsoni, a fossil gavialoid crocodylian from the Miocene of North Africa, to the two extant gavials, Gavialis gangeticus and Tomistoma schlegelii. Tomistoma dowsoni displays an intermediate morphology between the two extant gavials, with a closer resemblance to Gavialis.
Burke PMJ, Mannion PD.
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Anatomy and relationships of the early diverging Crocodylomorphs Junggarsuchus sloani and Dibothrosuchus elaphros. [PDF]
Anat Rec (Hoboken), 2022 Abstract The holotype of Junggarsuchus sloani, from the Shishugou Formation (early Late Jurassic) of Xinjiang, China, consists of a nearly complete skull and the anterior half of an articulated skeleton, including the pectoral girdles, nearly complete forelimbs, vertebral column, and ribs.
Ruebenstahl AA +4 more
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Pseudosuchian thermometabolism: A review of the past two decades. [PDF]
Anat Rec (Hoboken)Abstract Pseudosuchia, one of the two main clades of Archosauria, is today only represented by some 20 extant species, the crocodilians, representing only a fraction of its extinct diversity. Extant crocodilians are ectotherms but present morphological and anatomical features usually associated with endothermy.
Faure-Brac MG.
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Palaeohistology of Macrospondylus bollensis (Crocodylomorpha: Thalattosuchia: Teleosauroidea) from the Posidonienschiefer Formation (Toarcian) of Germany, with insights into life history and ecology. [PDF]
Anat Rec (Hoboken)Abstract The Posidonienschiefer Formation of southern Germany has yielded an array of incredible fossil vertebrates. One of the best represented clades therein is Teleosauroidea, a successful thalattosuchian crocodylomorph group that dominated the coastlines.
Johnson MM +3 more
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The pseudosuchian record in paleohistology: A small review. [PDF]
Anat Rec (Hoboken)Abstract Archosauria originated around the Earth's largest biotic crisis that severely affected all ecosystems globally, the Permotriassic Mass extinction event, and comprises two crown‐group lineages: the bird‐lineage and the crocodylian lineage. The bird lineage includes the iconic pterosaurs, as well as dinosaurs and birds, whereas the crocodylian ...
Scheyer TM.
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