During the Mesozoic, various groups of reptiles underwent a spectacular return to an aquatic
life, colonizing most marine environments. They were highly diversified both systematically …

A new species, Goniopholis kiplingi sp. nov., based on an exceptionally preserved skull from
the Lower Cretaceous of England is described in detail. It shows great similarity with …

Metriorhynchoid crocodylians represent the pinnacle of marine specialization within
Archosauria. Not only were they a major component of the Middle Jurassic–Early …

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

A new notosuchian crocodyliform from the Late Cretaceous Bauru Group found in the
southeastern State of São Paulo (Brazil) is described here. The new taxon, Caipirasuchus …

Outgroup sampling is a central issue in phylogenetic analysis. However, good justification is
rarely given for outgroup selection in published analyses. Recent advances in our …

Teleosauroidea was a clade of ancient crocodylomorphs that were a key element of coastal
marine environments during the Jurassic. Despite a 300-year research history and a recent …

Extant crocodylomorphs are semiaquatic ambush predators largely restricted to freshwater
or estuarine environments, but the group is ancestrally terrestrial and inhabited a variety of …

The defining masterwork on the evolution of reptiles. Over 300 million years ago, an early
land vertebrate developed an egg that contained the embryo in an amnion, allowing it to be …

Background Dakosaurus and Plesiosuchus are characteristic genera of aquatic, large-
bodied, macrophagous metriorhynchid crocodylomorphs. Recent studies show that these …