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The evolution of the meatal chamber in crocodyliforms
(2016-05-01)
The unique outer ear of crocodylians consists of a large meatal chamber (MC) concealed by a pair of muscular earlids that shape a large part of the animal's head. This chamber is limited medially by the enlarged tympanic ...
A species-level supertree of Crocodyliformes
(TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTDABINGDON, 2012)
With fossils found worldwide, Crocodyliformes stands as one of the best documented vertebrates over the Mesozoic and Cenozoic. The multiple phylogenetic hypotheses of relationship proposed for the group allow plenty of ...
Evidence for heterochrony in the cranial evolution of fossil crocodyliforms
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2018-07-01)
The southern supercontinent of Gondwana was home to an extraordinary diversity of stem-crocodylians (Crocodyliformes) during the Late Cretaceous. The remarkable morphological disparity of notosuchian crocodyliforms indicates ...
The osteoderms of baurusuchid crocodyliforms (Mesoeucrocodylia, Notosuchia)
(2019-03-04)
Baurusuchidae is a clade of terrestrial crocodyliforms that thrived during the Late Cretaceous in South America. The members of this clade occupied top-predator roles in their habitats. Knowledge about the anatomy, the ...
Diversification events and the effects of mass extinctions on Crocodyliformes evolutionary history
(2015)
The rich fossil record of Crocodyliformes shows a much greater diversity in the past than today in terms of morphological disparity and occupation of niches. We conducted topology-based analyses seeking diversification ...
A new Late Cretaceous crocodyliform from the western margin of Gondwana (La Rioja Province, Argentina)
(Academic Press Ltd - Elsevier Science Ltd, 2016-05)
The Cretaceous witnessed the greatest diversity of Gondwanan notosuchian crocodyliforms, which displayed high levels of diversity and a notable array of specialized forms that developed in different ecological niches. Among ...
A new fossil from the Jurassic of Patagonia reveals the early basicranial evolution and the origins of Crocodyliformes
(Wiley, 2013-10)
Extant crocodylians have a limited taxonomic and ecological diversity but they belong to a lineage (Crocodylomorpha) that includes basal and rather generalized species and a highly diverse clade, Crocodyliformes. The latter ...
Un nuevo espécimen de cocodrilo marino del Jurásico Medio del norte de Chile: revalidación de Metriorhynchus westermanni (Crocodyliformes: Metriorhynchidae)
(Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería (SERNAGEOMIN), 2008)
Postcranial anatomy of Pissarrachampsa sera (Crocodyliformes, Baurusuchidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil: Insights on lifestyle and phylogenetic significance
(2016-01-01)
The postcranial anatomy of Crocodyliformes has historically been neglected, as most descriptions are based solely on skulls. Yet, the significance of the postcranium in crocodyliforms evolution is reflected in the great ...
Two new species of ascaridoid nematodes in Brazilian Crocodylomorpha from the Upper Cretaceous
(2019-10-01)
Two new ascaridoid species, Bauruascaris cretacicus n. gen. et n. sp., and Bauruascaris adamantinensis n. gen. et n. sp., are described based on the fossils of eggs preserved in 80–70 million year old phosphatized coprolites ...