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LIMITED CONVERGENCE IN THE POSTCRANIUM OF AQUATIC CROCODYLOMORPHA [PDF]

, 2023
peer reviewedABSTRACT. Thalattosuchia (Early Jurassic–Early Cretaceous) and Dyrosauridea (Late Cretaceous–Early Eocene) are crocodylomorph archosaurs which diversified in fluvial and marine environments and endured extinction events (i.e.
Scavezzoni, Isaure, Fischer, Valentin
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Evaluation of the endocranial anatomy of the early Paleogene north African gavialoid crocodylian Argochampsa krebsi and evolutionary implications for adaptation to salinity tolerance in marine crocodyliforms. [PDF]

J Anat
Abstract Argochampsa krebsi is a gavialoid crocodylian from the early Paleogene of North Africa. Based on its recovered phylogenetic relationship with South American species, it has been inferred to have been capable of transoceanic dispersal, but potential anatomical correlates for a marine lifestyle have yet to be identified.
Pligersdorffer CC, Burke PMJ, Mannion PD.   +2 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Thalattosuchia indet Williston 1925

, 2021
Published as part of Madzia, Daniel, Szczygielski, Tomasz & Wolniewicz, Andrzej S., 2021, The giant pliosaurid that wasn't-revising the marine reptiles from the Kimmeridgian, Upper Jurassic, of Krzyżanowice, Poland, pp. 99-129 in Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 66 (1) on pages 117-118, DOI: 10.4202/app.00795.2020, http://zenodo.org/record ...
Madzia, Daniel, Szczygielski, Tomasz, Wolniewicz, Andrzej S.   +2 more
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Evaluating growth in Macrospondylus bollensis (Crocodylomorpha, Teleosauroidea) in the Toarcian Posidonia Shale, Germany

Papers in Palaeontology, Volume 9, Issue 5, September/October 2023., 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, Eli Amson, Erin E. Maxwell   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Computed tomography reveals the endocranial anatomy of Crocodylia: Implications for phylogenetic relationships and ecomorphological convergence across Crocodylomorpha. [PDF]

J Anat
The evaluation of the endocranial anatomy of 43 crocodylian species reveals several differences, including variation in the curvature of the encephalic endocast, the size of the endosseous labyrinth and paratympanic sinuses, and the presence of additional snout sinuses.
Burke PMJ, Mannion PD.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Ontogenetic variability of the intertympanic sinus distinguishes lineages within Crocodylia

Journal of Anatomy, Volume 242, Issue 6, Page 1096-1123, June 2023., 2023
We recognised the usefulness of the paratympanic sinuses in distinguishing major lineages within Crocodylia. 3D geometric morphometric approaches allow us to quantify the ontogeny and variability of the intertympanic sinus within one of the largest dataset of modern species, including one of the largest specimens ever scanned at such a high resolution.
Gwendal Perrichon, Lionel Hautier, Yohan Pochat‐Cottilloux, Irena Raselli, Céline Salaviale, Benjamin Dailh, Nicolas Rinder, Vincent Fernandez, Jérôme Adrien, Joël Lachambre, Jeremy E. Martin   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Neuroanatomy of the crocodylomorph Portugalosuchus azenhae from the late cretaceous of Portugal

Journal of Anatomy, Volume 242, Issue 6, Page 1146-1171, June 2023., 2023
Detailed braincase anatomical description and neuroanatomical study of Portugalosuchus azenhae, from the Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous) of Portugal. Abstract We present the first detailed braincase anatomical description and neuroanatomical study of Portugalosuchus azenhae, from the Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous) of Portugal.
Eduardo Puértolas‐Pascual, Ivan T. Kuzmin, Alejandro Serrano‐Martínez, Octávio Mateus   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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, Thomas L. Stubbs, Benjamin C. Moon, Beatrice H. Heighton, Michael J. Benton, Laura Porro   +5 more
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FIG. 9F-J in Les Thalattosuchia jurassiques de Normandie des collections Vautier et Morière: contexte historique et redécouverte des plastotypes

, 2021
FIG. 7. — Portrait de Pierre-Gilles Morière (1817-1888), huile sur toile de Mathurin Frédéric Lamusse, 120 cm × 89 cm, Jardin des Plantes de Caen, DEVPB, © Ville de Caen.Published as part of Brignon, Arnaud, 2021, Les Thalattosuchia jurassiques de ...
Brignon, Arnaud
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Taxonomic and stratigraphic update of the material historically attributed to Megalosaurus from Portugal [PDF]

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
The first paleontological works on Mesozoic vertebrates from Portugal, carried out from the end of the 19th and the first half of the 20th century, provided the discovery of significant collections of vertebrate fossils.
Elisabete Malafaia, Pedro Mocho, Fernando Escaso, Ivan Narvaéz, Francisco Ortega   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source