The impact of molecular data on the phylogenetic position of the putative oldest crown crocodilian and the age of the clade

G Darlim, MSY Lee, J Walter, M Rabi - Biology Letters, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The use of molecular data for living groups is vital for interpreting fossils, especially when
morphology-only analyses retrieve problematic phylogenies for living forms. These …

A correction corrected: consensus over the meaning of Crocodylia and why it matters

CA Brochu, JR Wagner, S Jouve, CD Sumrall… - Systematic …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Crown clades are an important nexus of study for paleontologists and neontologists.
Associating commonly used names with crown clades—the crown clade convention—draws …

Spatiotemporal palaeodiversity patterns of modern crocodiles (Crocodyliformes: Eusuchia)

A De Celis, I Narváez, F Ortega - Zoological Journal of the …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Eusuchia is a crocodyliform clade with a rich and diverse fossil record dating back to the
Mesozoic. There are several recent studies that analyse crocodyliform palaeodiversity over …

[HTML][HTML] Paleogenomics illuminates the evolutionary history of the extinct Holocene “horned” crocodile of Madagascar, Voay robustus

E Hekkala, J Gatesy, A Narechania, R Meredith… - Communications …, 2021 - nature.com
Ancient DNA is transforming our ability to reconstruct historical patterns and mechanisms
shaping modern diversity and distributions. In particular, molecular data from extinct …

A time‐calibrated species tree of Crocodylia reveals a recent radiation of the true crocodiles

JR Oaks - Evolution, 2011 - academic.oup.com
True crocodiles (Crocodylus) are the most broadly distributed, ecologically diverse, and
species‐rich crocodylian genus, comprising about half of extant crocodylian diversity and …

Phylogenomics reveals novel relationships among Neotropical crocodiles (Crocodylus spp.)

Y Milián-García, G Amato, J Gatesy, E Hekkala… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2020 - Elsevier
Extant species in the order Crocodylia are remnants of an ancient lineage of large-bodied
archosaur reptiles. Despite decades of systematic studies, phylogenetic relationships …

Near-complete phylogeny of extant Crocodylia (Reptilia) using mitogenome-based data

T Pan, JS Miao, HB Zhang, P Yan… - Zoological Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Species of the order Crocodylia are mostly large, predatory and semi-aquatic reptiles.
Crocodylia, the closest living relatives of birds, first appeared in the Late Cretaceous period …

Synonymy, redundancy, and the name of the crocodile stem-group

CA Brochu - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 1997 - Taylor & Francis
Iyzed, and the parameters of Pseudosuchia and Crurotarsi will diverge as more basal
pseudosuchians are found. Crurotarsi can only be supressed if it becomes synonymous with …

Spatiotemporal sampling patterns in the 230 million year fossil record of terrestrial crocodylomorphs and their impact on diversity

PD Mannion, AA Chiarenza, PL Godoy… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The 24 extant crocodylian species are the remnants of a once much more diverse and
widespread clade. Crocodylomorpha has an approximately 230 million year evolutionary …

Impact of K-Pg mass extinction event on crocodylomorpha inferred from phylogeny of extinct and extant taxa

AF Magee, S Höhna - bioRxiv, 2021 - biorxiv.org
Crocodilians and their allies have survived several mass extinction events. However, the
impact of the K-Pg mass extinction event on crocodylomorphs is considered as minor or non …