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Does Inner and Middle Ear Morphology Link to an Aquatic Adaptation in Crocodylomorphs (Crocodylomorpha: Thalattosuchia)?
(Wiley, 2019)
Bony labyrinth morphology and tympanic air spaces provide powerful proxies for ecological adaptations in vertebrates. The labyrinth is responsible for the sense of hearing, and balance and equilibrium. Semicircular canal ...
Braincase and endocranial anatomy of two thalattosuchian crocodylomorphs and their relevance in understanding their adaptations to the marine environment
(PeerJ Inc., 2018-11)
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. ...
The marine crocodile Maledictosuchus (Thalattosuchia, Metriorhynchidae) from the Kimmeridgian deposits of Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca, southern Mexico
(Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2018-07)
Metriorhynchidae is a family of highly specialized, extinct marine crocodylomorphs that inhabited the Paleopacific Ocean and the Tethys Sea during the Jurassic and the Early Cretaceous. Numerous metriorhynchid fossil ...
Intracranial Soft Tissue Adaptations in the Land-to-Sea Transition: Shifts in Marine Crocodylomorph (Crocodylomorpha: Thalattosuchia) Vasculature and Paratympanic Sinus Systems
(Wiley, 2019)
From an osteological perspective, the secondary aquatic adapta- tions of vertebrates are well understood; from a soft tissue one, less so. Here, we use an ancient group of crocodylomorphs, Thalattosuchia, as an exemplar ...