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 …

An incomplete fossil record and unstable phylogenies of extinct taxa hamper reconstructing
the early evolution of Caimaninae. We describe previously unpublished articulated fossils of …

Abstract Fossil Alligator remains from Asia are critical for tracing the enigmatic evolutionary
origin of the Chinese alligator, Alligator sinensis, the only living representative of …

The use of molecular data for living groups is vital for interpreting fossils, especially when
morphology-only analyses retrieve problematic phylogenies for living forms. These …

Abstract The Cretaceous–Paleogene (KPg) boundary, one of Earth's five major extinction
events, occurred just before the appearance of Placentalia in the fossil record. The Gobi …

Crocodyliform palaeontology in Australasia has a productive research record that began in
the late nineteenth century and continues today. In this study, we summarize the current …

Extant neosuchian crocodiles are represented by only 24 taxa that are confined to the
tropics and subtropics. However, at other intervals during their 200 Myr evolutionary history …

The known fossil record of crocodyliforms in Europe during the Paleogene is significantly
biased, in that the fauna of Western Europe is far better sampled and understood compared …

We describe two new osteolaemine crocodylids from the Early and early Middle Miocene of
Kenya: Kinyang mabokoensis tax. nov.(Maboko, 15 Ma) and Kinyang tchernovi tax …

This study examines 55 coprolites from the Na Duong Basin to reconstruct the
paleoenvironment. Coproecology sheds light on understanding the complex prey-predator …