Amazonia through time: Andean uplift, climate change, landscape evolution, and biodiversity

C Hoorn, FP Wesselingh, H Ter Steege, MA Bermudez… - science, 2010 - science.org
The Amazonian rainforest is arguably the most species-rich terrestrial ecosystem in the
world, yet the timing of the origin and evolutionary causes of this diversity are a matter of …

[HTML][HTML] Phylogenetic analysis of a new morphological dataset elucidates the evolutionary history of Crocodylia and resolves the long-standing gharial problem

JP Rio, PD Mannion - PeerJ, 2021 - peerj.com
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 …

New age constraints for the Salamanca Formation and lower Río Chico Group in the western San Jorge Basin, Patagonia, Argentina: Implications for Cretaceous …

WC Clyde, P Wilf, A Iglesias, RL Slingerland… - …, 2014 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
A detailed Re-Os molybdenite, pyrite, and chalcopyrite geochronology at five shear-hosted
Au occurrences (Kenge, Mbenge, Porcupine, Konokono, and Dubwana) in the Lupa …

Phylogenetic relationships of Necrosuchus ionensis Simpson, 1937 and the early history of caimanines

CA Brochu - Zoological journal of the linnean society, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Cranial fragments associated with the holotype of Necrosuchus ionensis reveal a dorsally
shifted foramen aereum on the quadrate and a long, slender descending process of the …

Phylogenetic relationships of Palaeogene ziphodont eusuchians and the status of Pristichampsus Gervais, 1853

CA Brochu - Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the …, 2012 - cambridge.org
Eusuchians with deep snouts and labiolingually compressed teeth are known from the
Palaeogene of Laurasia. These are usually referred to Pristichampsinae, but the type …

Systematics and biogeography of crocodylians from the Miocene of Panama

AK Hastings, JI Bloch, CA Jaramillo… - Journal of Vertebrate …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Despite the fact that fossil crocodylians have been recovered from the Panama Canal Zone
starting with initial excavations in 1912, detailed studies have been lacking. Recent …

A new Palaeocene crocodylian from southern Argentina sheds light on the early history of caimanines

P Bona, MD Ezcurra, F Barrios… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Caimanines are crocodylians currently restricted to South and Central America and the
oldest members are from lower Palaeocene localities of the Salamanca Formation (Chubut …

A new alligatorid from the lower Eocene Green River Formation of Wyoming and the origin of caimans

CA Brochu - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Tsoabichi greenriverensis, tax. nov., is based on cranial and postcranial
remains from the lower Eocene (Wasatchian) Green River Formation of Wyoming. Casts of …

The crocodylomorph fauna of the Cenozoic of South America and its evolutionary history: a review

GM Cidade, D Fortier, AS Hsiou - Journal of South American Earth …, 2019 - Elsevier
The fossil crocodylomorph fauna of the Cenozoic of South America is very rich and diverse.
Historically, few publications have been dedicated to providing an overall review of this …

A new sebecid mesoeucrocodylian from the Rio Loro Formation (Palaeocene) of north-western Argentina

D Pol, JE Powell - Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2011 - academic.oup.com
A new basal mesoeucrocodylian, Lorosuchus nodosus gen. et sp. nov., from the
Palaeocene of north-western Argentina is presented here. The new taxon is diagnosed by …