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

Y Pochat‐Cottilloux - The Anatomical Record, 2025 - 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 …

Cranial and postcranial anatomy of a juvenile baurusuchid (Notosuchia, Crocodylomorpha) and the taxonomical implications of ontogeny

DM Dos Santos, JC de Carvalho… - The Anatomical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Baurusuchidae comprises a clade of top‐tier terrestrial predators and are among the most
abundant crocodyliforms found in the Adamantina Formation, Bauru Basin, Brazil …

Shell biomechanics suggests an aquatic palaeoecology at the dawn of turtle evolution

GS Ferreira, G Hermanson, C Kyriakouli, D Dróżdż… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
The turtle shell is a remarkable structure that has intrigued not only evolutionary biologists
but also engineering and material scientists because of its multi-scale complexity and …

A new Peirosauridae (Crocodyliformes, Notosuchia) from the Adamantina Formation (Bauru Group, Late Cretaceous), with a revised phylogenetic analysis of Sebecia

JV Ruiz, MVL Queiroz, KC Martins… - The Anatomical …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Peirosauridae (Crocodyliformes, Notosuchia) is one of the fossil lineages of
crocodyliforms ubiquitous in the Cretaceous deposits of the Bauru Basin. Here, we describe …

Cranial functional specialisation for strength precedes morphological evolution in Oviraptorosauria

LE Meade, M Pittman, A Balanoff… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
Oviraptorosaurians were a theropod dinosaur group that reached high diversity in the Late
Cretaceous. Within oviraptorosaurians, the later diverging oviraptorids evolved distinctive …

A new species of Caipirasuchus (Notosuchia, Sphagesauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil and the evolutionary history of Sphagesauria

JV Ruiz, M Bronzati, GS Ferreira… - Journal of Systematic …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Sphagesauridae is a group of notosuchian crocodyliforms from the Late Cretaceous of
South America characterized by highly specialized jaws and dentition. Here, we describe a …

A second peirosaurid crocodyliform from the Mid-Cretaceous Kem Kem Group of Morocco and the diversity of Gondwanan notosuchians outside South America

CSC Nicholl, ESE Hunt… - Royal Society …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Notosuchians are an extinct clade of terrestrial crocodyliforms with a particularly rich record
in the late Early to Late Cretaceous (approx. 130–66 Ma) of Gondwana. Although much of …

Paleohistological inferences of thermometabolic regimes in Notosuchia (Pseudosuchia: Crocodylomorpha) revisited

J Cubo, P Aubier, MG Faure-Brac, G Martet… - Paleobiology, 2023 - cambridge.org
Notosuchia is a group of mostly terrestrial crocodyliforms. The presence of a prominent crest
overhanging the acetabulum, slender straight-shafted long bones with muscular insertions …

Neuroanatomy of the mekosuchine crocodylian Trilophosuchus rackhami Willis, 1993

J Ristevski - Journal of Anatomy, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Although our knowledge on crocodylomorph palaeoneurology has experienced
considerable growth in recent years, the neuroanatomy of many crocodylomorph taxa has …

3D skull modelling and description of a new baurusuchid (Crocodyliformes, Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Late Cretaceous (Bauru Basin) of Brazil

G Darlim, FC Montefeltro, MC Langer - Journal of Anatomy, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Baurusuchidae is one of the most diverse groups of South American notosuchians,
unambiguously recorded in Late Cretaceous deposits of Brazil and Argentina. The group is …