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Postcranial skeleton ofCricosaurus araucanensis(Crocodyliformes: Thalattosuchia): morphology and palaeobiological insights

open access: yesAlcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology, 2013
Fil: Herrera, Laura Yanina. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Division Paleontologia Vertebrados; Argentina.
Herrera, Laura Yanina   +2 more
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Braincase and endocranial anatomy of two thalattosuchian crocodylomorphs and their relevance in understanding their adaptations to the marine environment [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Thalattosuchians are a group of Mesozoic crocodylomorphs known from aquatic deposits of the Early Jurassic-Early Cretaceous that comprises two main lineages of almost exclusively marine forms, Teleosauridae and Metriorhynchoidea.
Herrera, Laura Yanina   +2 more
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Thalattosuchia Fraas 1901

open access: yes
Published as part of Young, Mark T., Wilberg, Eric W., Johnson, Michela M., Herrera, Yanina, Brandalise, Marco de Andrade, Brignon, Arnaud, Sachs, Sven, Abel, Pascal, Foffa, Davide, Fernández, Marta S., Vignaud, Patrick, Cowgill, Thomas & Brusatte, Stephen L., 2024, The history, systematics, and nomenclature of Thalattosuchia (Archosauria ...
Young, Mark T.   +12 more
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Archosauromorpha: The Crocodylomorpha

open access: yes, 2021
International audienceThe Crocodylomorpha, one of the three main archosaurian clades, form a large and diversified group spanning from the early Late Triassic (Carnian) to the present. During its long evolutionary history, Crocodylomorphs developed three
Laurin, Michel   +5 more
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Reptiles marinos mesozoicos en el sureste de México y su significación geológico-paleontológica

open access: yesRevista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas, 2019
Se describe la reptiliofáunula Papalutla, Neocomiano del Municipio de Huajuapan de León, Región Mixteca Oaxaqueña, sureste de México, procedente de una formación margosa innominada, constituida por limolita calcárea portadora de peces, reptiles y ...
Ismael Ferrusquía-Villafranca   +1 more
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Craniofacial form and function in Metriorhynchidae (Crocodylomorpha: Thalattosuchia): modelling phenotypic evolution with maximum-likelihood methods [PDF]

open access: yesBiology Letters, 2011
Metriorhynchid crocodylomorphs were the only group of archosaurs to fully adapt to a pelagic lifestyle. During the Jurassic and Early Cretaceous, this group diversified into a variety of ecological and morphological types, from large super-predators with a broad short snout and serrated teeth to specialized piscivores/teuthophages with an elongate ...
Mark T, Young   +2 more
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Postcranial elements of "Maledictosuchus riclaensis" (Thalattosuchia) from the Middle Jurassic of Spain

open access: yesJournal of Iberian Geology, 2015
Maledictosuchus riclaensis is a metriorhynchid crocodylomorph from the Callovian (Middle Jurassic) of Ricla (Spain). It is the most basal member of the Rhacheosaurini Tribe; it has recently been described and defined by its cranial elements (an almost complete skull and part of the lower jaw), but there were no data on the postcranial elements ...
J. Parrilla-Bel, J.I. Canudo
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Figure 6 in What is Geosaurus? Redescription of Geosaurus giganteus (Thalattosuchia: Metriorhynchidae) from the Upper Jurassic of Bayern, Germany

open access: yes, 2009
Figure 6. Comparative cranial morphology for species previously referred to as Geosaurus gracilis. A, Cricosaurus grandis holotype, BSPG AS-VI-1. B, Cricosaurus suevicus lectotype, SMNS 9808. C, Cricosaurus elegans holotype, BSPG AS I 504.
Andrade, Marco Brandalise De   +1 more
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The Diet of Metriorhynchus (Thalattosuchia, Metriorhynchidae): Additional Discoveries and Paleoecological Implications

open access: yesFossil Studies
A new metriorhynchid specimen with stomach contents is described here. Assigned to Metriorhynchus cf. superciliosus., this specimen has a clear longirostrine form as indicated by its gracile and elongated mandibular rami. This is the second example of gastric contents described for Metriorhynchidae.
Stéphane Hua   +2 more
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Reevaluation of the holotype of Plesiosaurus (Polyptychodon) mexicanus Wieland, 1910 from the ?Upper Jurassic of Mexico: a thalattosuchian, not a sauropterygian

open access: yesRevista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas, 2018
The holotype of the first sauropterygian described from Mexico, Plesiosaurus mexicanus Wieland, 1910, was recently rediscovered and is here described and discussed for the first time in almost a century. The holotype specimen belongs to an indeterminate
Marie-Céline Buchy
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