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 …

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 …

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 …

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

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 …

Juvenile notosuchian crocodiles from the La Buitrera Paleontological area with comments on qualitative ontogenetic characters

ML Fernández-Dumont - Historical Biology, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Araripesuchus is a genus of medium-sized (approximately 1 m long) terrestrial
uruguaysuchid crocodyliforms that lived during the Cretaceous in Gondwana. There is …

Neurocranial anatomy of Paralligator (Neosuchia: Paralligatoridae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia

IT Kuzmin, EA Sichinava, EV Mazur… - Zoological Journal of …, 2025 - academic.oup.com
Neurocranial features appear to be phylogenetically informative and key in assessing the
still contentious relationships within Crocodylomorpha. However, the braincases of many …

[HTML][HTML] Differentiating convergent pathologies in turtle shells using computed tomographic scanning of modern and fossil bone

SK Drumheller, H Maddox, MR Stocker, V Tech… - 2023 - palaeo-electronica.org
Patterns of bone damage can provide insights into the paleobiology and paleoecology of
extinct groups, but accessing these data relies on accurate identifications. Among turtles …

A new marine vertebrate assemblage from the Upper Cretaceous Dakota Formation in Nebraska, USA, and its paleoecology and taphonomy

JK Juranek, K Shimada - Cretaceous Research, 2025 - Elsevier
The upper part of the Dakota Formation (lower part of middle Cenomanian) is a marine
sedimentary rock unit formed at the dawn of the major transgression of the Late Cretaceous …

Crocodyliform remains from the Upper Cretaceous of Central Asia–evidence for one of the oldest Crocodylia?

IT Kuzmin - Cretaceous Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Late Cretaceous is a key time interval for the understanding of origins and
diversification of the crown-group Crocodylia and its extant lineages–Alligatoroidea …

A baurusuchid yearling (Mesoeucrocodylia, Crocodyliformes), from the Adamantina Formation, Bauru Group, Upper Cretaceous of Brazil

D Martins dos Santos, R Miloni Santucci… - Historical …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Occurrences of young and immature individuals, relatively rare in the fossil record, are
important due to the great amount of morphological and evolutionary information they reveal …