First appearing in the latest Cretaceous, Crocodylia is a clade of semi-aquatic, predatory
reptiles, defined by the last common ancestor of extant alligators, caimans, crocodiles, and …

Since their origin in the Late Triassic, crocodylomorphs have had a long history of
evolutionary change. Numerous studies examined their phylogeny, but none have …

Simultaneously analysing morphological, molecular and stratigraphic data suggests a
potential resolution to a major remaining inconsistency in crocodylian evolution. The …

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

Eosuchus lerichei is a gavialoid crocodylian from late Paleocene marine deposits of
northwestern Europe, known from a skull and lower jaws, as well as postcrania. Its sister …

Based on the known fossil record, the majority of crocodylians from the Cenozoic Era of
Australia are referred to the extinct clade Mekosuchinae. The only extant crocodylians in …

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 …

Although the European dinosaur succession during the latest Cretaceous and its
relationship with the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) mass extinction has been the focus of …

Extant neosuchian crocodiles are represented by only 24 taxa that are confined to the
tropics and subtropics. However, at other intervals during their 200 Myr evolutionary history …

Crocodylian systematics has long been confounded by conflicting hypotheses of higher
level relationships—although molecular data sets strongly supported the sister‐taxon …