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Unit 290: Crocodylomorpha

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Abbreviated Cladogram

ARCHOSAUROMORPHA
|
Crocodylomorpha
|--Sphenosuchia 
`--Crocodyliformes
   |--Protosuchia 
   `--Mesoeucrocodylia
      |--Thalattosuchia 
      `--Metasuchia
         |--Notosuchidae 
         `--Neosuchia
            |--Dyrosauridae 
            `--Crocodylia 
               |--Gavialidae 
               `--+--Alligatoridae 
                  `--Crocodylidae

Contents

290.000 Overview
290.100 Crocodylomorpha
290.200 Crocodyliformes
290.300 Metasuchia
290.400 Crocodylia
Cladogram
References


References


Ahlberg, PE and JA Clack (1998), Lower jaws, lower tetrapods -- a review based on the Devonian genus Acanthostega. Trans. Roy. Soc. (Edinburgh), Earth Sci., 89: 11-46. Crocodyliformes.

Benton, MJ & JM Clark (1988) Archosaur phylogeny and the relationships of the Crocodilia, in MJ Benton (ed.), The Phylogeny and Classification of the Tetrapods 1: 295-338. Crocodyliformes.

Buffetaut, E (1982), Radiation évolutive, paléoécologie et biogéographie des crocodiliens Mésosuchiens, Mém. Soc. Géol. de France, N.S. 60 (dated 1981) No. 142, 88 pp. Lybicosuchidae.

Busbey, AB (1986), New material of Sebecus cf. huilensis (Crocodilia: Sebecosuchidae) from the Miocene La Venta formation of Colombia, J. Vert. Paleontol. 6: 20-27. Sebecosuchidae

Carroll, RL (1988), Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, WH Freeman & Co., 698 pp. Crocodyliformes

Clark, JM (1994), Patterns of evolution in Mesozoic Crocodyliformes, in NC Fraser & H-D Sues (eds.), In the Shadow of the Dinosaurs Cambridge Univ. Press pp. 84-97. Crocodyliformes.

Clark, JM, H-D Sues & DS Berman (2000), A new specimen of Hesperosuchus agilis from the Upper Triassic of New Mexico and the interrelationships of basal crocodylomorph archosaurs, J. Vert. Paleontol. 20: 683-704.  Trialestidae.

Gasparini, Z (1984), New Tertiary Sebecosuchia (Crocodylia: Mesosuchia) from Argentina. J. Vert. Paleontol. 4: 85-95. Sebecosuchidae

Gower, DJ (2002), Braincase evolution in suchian archosaurs (Reptilia: Diapsida): evidence from the rauisuchian Batrachotomus kupferzellensis, Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 136: 49-76.  Crocodylomorpha

Hua, S & E Buffetaut (1997), Introduction, in JM Callaway & EL Nichols (eds.), Ancient Marine Reptiles, Academic Press pp. 357-374. Crocodyliformes, Dyrosauridae.

Parrish, JM (1993), Phylogeny of the Crocodylotarsi, with reference to archosaurian and crurotarsan monophylyJ. Vert. Paleontol. 13: 287-308.  Crocodylomorpha

Sereno, PC, HCE Larsson, CA Sidor & B Gado (2001), The giant crocodyliform Sarcosuchus from the Cretaceous of Niger. Science 294: 1516-1519. WWWMetasuchia, Sarcosuchus, Terminonaris

Sues, H-D (1992), A remarkable new armored archosaur from the Upper Triassic of Virginia. J. Vert. Paleontol. 12: 142-149.  Crocodylomorpha.

Walker, AD (1970), A revision of the Jurassic crocodile Hallopus, with remarks on the clas-sification of crocodiles. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. Lond. B257: 323–372.  


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