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- proper noun A taxonomic
superorder within thedivision Archosauria — the moderncrocodilians and their extinct relatives.
Etymologies
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I did read yesterday, binging on the latest issue of JVP, all papers on fossil crocodylomorphs: "Reconstruction of the Bracing System of the Trunk and Tail in Hyposaurine Dyrosaurids (Crocodylomorpha; Mesoeucrocodylia)," Kambara taraina sp. nov.
Unremarkable days upon which we remark. greygirlbeast 2009
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And I read a good deal of the latest issue of the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, including "Redescription and Phylogenetic Relationships of Doswellia kaltenbachi (Diapsida: Archosauriformes) from the Upper Triassic of Virginia," "Utility and Validity of Middle and Late Triassic 'Land Vertebrate Faunachrons,'" and "The Skull of Teleosaurus cadomensis (Crocodylomorpha; Thalattosuchia), and Phylogenetic Analysis of Thalattosuchia."
"A forest's son, a river's daughter..." greygirlbeast 2009
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Whether you look at all of Pseudosuchia, or just Crocodylomorpha, or even crown-group Crocodylia, croc-line archosaurs were more diverse, more widespread, and just plain weirder than many people have recognized.
Even more recently extinct, island dwelling crocodilians Darren Naish 2006
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