An enigmatic crocodyliform from the Upper Cretaceous Quseir Formation, central Egypt

S Saber, JJW Sertich, HM Sallam, KA Ouda… - Cretaceous …, 2018 - Elsevier
Non-marine vertebrates, including many crocodyliform clades, remain poorly documented
from uppermost Cretaceous deposits of Africa. Recent exploratory fieldwork in the Upper …

New crocodylomorph material from the Fayum depression, Egypt, including the first occurrence of a sebecosuchian in African late Eocene deposits

CM Stefanic, JH Nestler, ER Seiffert… - Journal of Vertebrate …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT During the Cretaceous and Paleogene periods, the Earth experienced tectonic
and climatic changes, which included continental drift following the breakup of the …

The oldest gavialoid crocodyliform ('thoracosaur') from the Campanian Quseir Formation of Baris Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt

S Saber, JJW Sertich, GA El-Kheir… - 80th Annual Meeting …, 2020 - researchgate.net
Abstract Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) deposits of the Quseir Formation exposed in the
New Valley, Western Desert of Egypt have yielded abundant remains of bony and …

A new eusuchian crocodyliform with novel cranial integument and its significance for the origin and evolution of Crocodylia

CM Holliday, NM Gardner - PLoS One, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Crocodyliforms were one of the most successful groups of Mesozoic tetrapods, radiating into
terrestrial, semiaquatic and marine environments, while occupying numerous trophic niches …

[PDF][PDF] Cretaceous crocodyliforms from the Sahara

P Sereno, H Larsson - ZooKeys, 2009 - zookeys.pensoft.net
Diverse crocodyliforms have been discovered in recent years in Cretaceous rocks on
southern landmasses formerly composing Gondwana. We report here on six species from …

An early diverging crocodylid from the Middle Miocene of Thailand highlights the role of SE Asia for the radiation of the Crocodyloidea

JE Martin, W Naksri, K Lauprasert, K Wongko… - Historical …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The Neogene period witnessed the radiation of modern crocodylian genera, as evidenced
from their fossil record in intertropical zones. Despite its recognition as a modern biodiversity …

A new crocodyliform from the middle Cretaceous Galula Formation, southwestern Tanzania

JJW Sertich, PM O'Connor - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT A new taxon of peirosaurid crocodyliform, Rukwasuchus yajabalijekundu, gen.
et sp. nov., is described on the basis of a well-preserved partial skull from the middle …

A new specimen of Orthosuchus stormbergi (Nash 1968) and a review of the distribution of Southern African Lower Jurassic crocodylomorphs

KN Dollman, PA Viglietti, JN Choiniere - Historical Biology, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Orthosuchus stormbergi (Nash 1968) is a rare member of the Lower Jurassic
crocodylomorph fauna of Southern Africa. Here we report on a new specimen, consisting of …

A new crocodylid from the middle Miocene of Kenya and the timing of crocodylian faunal change in the late Cenozoic of Africa

AP Cossette, AJ Adams, SK Drumheller… - Journal of …, 2020 - cambridge.org
Brochuchus is a small crocodylid originally based on specimens from the early Miocene of
Rusinga Island, Lake Victoria, Kenya. Here, we report occurrences of Brochuchus from …

Unusual crocodyliform teeth from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of southeastern Morocco

HCE Larsson, CA Sidor - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 1999 - Taylor & Francis
Extant crocodylians possess a remarkably uniform dental morphology, typified by simple,
unserrated and conical teeth (Wettstein, 1937; Edmund, 1969; Langston, 1973). The limited …