ABSTRACT During the Cretaceous and Paleogene periods, the Earth experienced tectonic
and climatic changes, which included continental drift following the breakup of the …

Non-marine vertebrates, including many crocodyliform clades, remain poorly documented
from uppermost Cretaceous deposits of Africa. Recent exploratory fieldwork in the Upper …

Diverse crocodyliforms have been discovered in recent years in Cretaceous rocks on
southern landmasses formerly composing Gondwana. We report here on six species from …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Crocodyliforms were one of the most successful groups of Mesozoic tetrapods, radiating into
terrestrial, semiaquatic and marine environments, while occupying numerous trophic niches …

The early-branching crocodylomorph species Notochampsa istedana is known from a single
South African specimen collected more than 100 years ago. This species is potentially …

Crocodyliform palaeontology in Australasia has a productive research record that began in
the late nineteenth century and continues today. In this study, we summarize the current …

Australia is today inhabited by two crocodylian species, both of the genus Crocodylus. Only
one of them, C. johnstoni, is endemic to the continent, whereas the other, C. porosus, has a …