Evolution of the carnivorous dinosaurs during the Cretaceous: the evidence from Patagonia

FE Novas, FL Agnolín, MD Ezcurra, J Porfiri… - Cretaceous …, 2013 - Elsevier
Patagonia has yielded the most comprehensive fossil record of Cretaceous theropods from
Gondwana, consisting of 31 nominal species belonging to singleton taxa and six families …

Splendid and seldom isolated: the paleobiogeography of Patagonia

P Wilf, NR Cúneo, IH Escapa, D Pol… - Annual Review of …, 2013 - annualreviews.org
The idea that South America was an island continent over most of the Cenozoic, during
which its unusual mammalian faunas evolved in isolation, is outstandingly influential in …

Estratigrafía del Grupo Neuquén, Cretácico Superior de la Cuenca Neuquina (Argentina): nueva propuesta de ordenamiento litoestratigráfico

AC Garrido - Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, 2010 - SciELO Argentina
El Grupo Neuquén conforma una sucesión de depósitos continentales de origen fluvial,
eólico y lacustre somero, desarrollado en la Cuenca Neuquina entre el Cenomaniano …

A proposal for a standard terminology of anatomical notation and orientation in fossil vertebrate dentitions

JB Smith, P Dodson - Journal of Vertebrate paleontology, 2003 - Taylor & Francis
There is little consistency in the notation and orientation terminology used in discussions of
non-mammalian fossil venebrate dentitions. The standardization of this terminology, as done …

Cretaceous terrestrial beds from the Neuquén Basin (Argentina) and their tetrapod assemblages

HA Leanza, S Apesteguıa, FE Novas… - Cretaceous …, 2004 - Elsevier
The Cretaceous terrestrial strata of the Neuquén Basin (northern Patagonia, Argentina) are
described together with their tetrapod records. Six local tetrapod assemblages are identified …

[PDF][PDF] Cretaceous crocodyliforms from the Sahara

P Sereno, H Larsson - ZooKeys, 2009 - zookeys.pensoft.net
Diverse crocodyliforms have been discovered in recent years in Cretaceous rocks on
southern landmasses formerly composing Gondwana. We report here on six species from …

A new notosuchian from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil and the phylogeny of advanced notosuchians

D Pol, PM Nascimento, AB Carvalho, C Riccomini… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
A new notosuchian crocodyliform from the Late Cretaceous Bauru Group found in the
southeastern State of São Paulo (Brazil) is described here. The new taxon, Caipirasuchus …

What's in an outgroup? The impact of outgroup choice on the phylogenetic position of Thalattosuchia (Crocodylomorpha) and the origin of Crocodyliformes

EW Wilberg - Systematic Biology, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Outgroup sampling is a central issue in phylogenetic analysis. However, good justification is
rarely given for outgroup selection in published analyses. Recent advances in our …

The origin of modern crocodyliforms: new evidence from the Cretaceous of Australia

SW Salisbury, RE Molnar, E Frey… - Proceedings of the …, 2006 - royalsocietypublishing.org
While the crocodyliform lineage extends back over 200 million years (Myr) to the Late
Triassic, modern forms—members of Eusuchia—do not appear until the Cretaceous …

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 …