A review of the non‐semiaquatic adaptations of extinct crocodylomorphs throughout their fossil record

Y Pochat‐Cottilloux - The Anatomical Record, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Crocodylomorphs constitute a clade of archosaurs that have thrived since the Mesozoic until
today and have survived numerous major biological crises. Contrary to historic belief, their …

Skull anatomy of Dakosaurus andiniensis (Thalattosuchia: Crocodylomorpha) and the phylogenetic position of Thalattosuchia

D Pol, Z Gasparini - Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
New information on Dakosaurus andiniensis from the Latest Jurassic and Early Cretaceous
is reported here. One of the specimens described herein consists of an almost complete …

[HTML][HTML] New early Eocene vertebrate assemblage from western India reveals a mixed fauna of European and Gondwana affinities

T Smith, K Kumar, RS Rana, A Folie, F Solé, C Noiret… - Geoscience …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The Ypresian Cambay Shale Formation at Vastan and Mangrol lignite mines in
Gujarat, western India, has yielded a rich vertebrate fauna with numerous taxa of European …

A new species of Dyrosaurus (Crocodylomorpha, Dyrosauridae) from the early Eocene of Morocco: phylogenetic implications

S Jouve, M Iarochene, B Bouya… - Zoological Journal of …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
A new dyrosaurid is described from the Ypresian of the phosphatic deposits of the Oulad
Abdoun Basin of Morocco. It is based on numerous cranial and postcranial remains …

A new metriorhynchoid (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia) from the Middle Jurassic of Oregon and the evolutionary timing of marine adaptations in thalattosuchian …

EW Wilberg - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Metriorhynchid thalattosuchians represent the most extreme archosaurian adaptation to the
marine realm. Metriorhynchids possess aquatic adaptations throughout the skeleton. These …

Osteology and affinities of Dollo's goniopholidid (Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Early Cretaceous of Bernissart, Belgium

JE Martin, M Delfino, T Smith - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Two specimens originally referred by Louis Dollo to Goniopholis simus from the Lower
Cretaceous of Bernissart, Belgium, are described. They consist of fully articulated skeletons …

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 …

Revision of the enigmatic crocodyliform Elosuchus felixi de Lapparent de Broin, 2002 from the Lower–Upper Cretaceous boundary of Niger: potential evidence for an …

MT Young, AK Hastings, R Allain… - Zoological Journal of the …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
The enigmatic crocodyliform 'Elosuchus' felixi from the Echkar Formation (upper Albian to
lower Cenomanian, Early–Late Cretaceous boundary) west of In Abangharit, Agadez …

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 …

A new longirostrine dyrosaurid (Crocodylomorpha, Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Paleocene of north‐eastern Colombia: biogeographic and behavioural implications for …

AK Hastings, JI Bloch, CA Jaramillo - Palaeontology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Fossils of dyrosaurid crocodyliforms are limited in South America, with only three previously
diagnosed taxa including the short‐snouted Cerrejonisuchus improcerus from the …