A synthetic approach for assessing the interplay of form and function in the crocodyliform snout

SK Drumheller, EW Wilberg - Zoological Journal of the Linnean …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Existing classifications of snout shape within Crocodylia are supported by functional studies,
but ecological surveys often reveal a higher than expected diversity of prey items within …

The history, systematics, and nomenclature of Thalattosuchia (Archosauria: Crocodylomorpha)

MT Young, EW Wilberg, MM Johnson… - Zoological Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The use of more than one nomenclatural code is becoming increasingly common in some
biological sub-disciplines. To minimize nomenclatural instability, we have decided to …

Virtual reconstruction of the neurocranial anatomy of Kansajsuchus extensus (Neosuchia: Paralligatoridae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Tadzhikistan with a review of …

IT Kuzmin, EA Sichinava, EV Mazur… - Cretaceous …, 2024 - Elsevier
The braincase features appear phylogenetically informative and key in assessing the still
contentious relationships within Crocodylomorpha. Yet, the neurocrania of many non …

Paleocene resurrection of a crocodylomorph taxon: Biotic crises, climatic and sea level fluctuations

S Jouve, NE Jalil - Gondwana Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Postcranial material of a crocodylomorph from the Danian of Oulad Abdoun Basin (Morocco)
is described. Several characters, in particular the shape of its dorsal osteoderms, allows its …

[HTML][HTML] The first late cretaceous mawsoniid coelacanth (Sarcopterygii: Actinistia) from North America: Evidence of a lineage of extinct 'living fossils'

L Cavin, P Toriño, N Van Vranken, B Carter… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Today, the only living genus of coelacanth, Latimeria is represented by two species along
the eastern coast of Africa and in Indonesia. This sarcopterygian fish is nicknamed a" living …

The effects of skull flattening on suchian jaw muscle evolution

KC Sellers, MN Nieto, FJ Degrange, D Pol… - The Anatomical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Jaw muscles are key features of the vertebrate feeding apparatus. The jaw musculature is
housed in the skull whose morphology reflects a compromise between multiple functions …

The longirostrine crocodyliforms from Bolivia and their evolution through the Cretaceous–Palaeogene boundary

S Jouve, C de Muizon, R Cespedes-Paz… - Zoological Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Numerous aquatic crocodyliforms have been found during the last four decades of fieldwork
in the Maastrichtian El Molino and Palaeocene Santa Lucía Formations in Bolivia. We …

[HTML][HTML] Quantitative heterodonty in Crocodylia: assessing size and shape across modern and extinct taxa

DC D'Amore, M Harmon, SK Drumheller, JJ Testin - PeerJ, 2019 - peerj.com
Heterodonty in Crocodylia and closely related taxa has not been defined quantitatively, as
the teeth rarely have been measured. This has resulted in a range of qualitative descriptors …

[HTML][HTML] A newly recognized theropod assemblage from the Lewisville Formation (Woodbine Group; Cenomanian) and its implications for understanding Late …

CR Noto, DC D'Amore, SK Drumheller, TL Adams - PeerJ, 2022 - peerj.com
While the terrestrial fossil record of the mid-Cretaceous interval (Aptian to Cenomanian) in
North America has been poorly studied, the recent focus on fossil localities from the western …

[HTML][HTML] A new vertebrate fauna from the Lower Cretaceous Holly Creek Formation of the Trinity Group, southwest Arkansas, USA

CA Suarez, J Frederickson, RL Cifelli, JG Pittman… - PeerJ, 2021 - peerj.com
We present a previously discovered but undescribed late Early Cretaceous vertebrate fauna
from the Holly Creek Formation of the Trinity Group in Arkansas. The site from the ancient …