crocodyliforms

Mahajangasuchus is one of those grand bull-dog crocs, and the observations on the evolution of the "hard" palate in crocodyliforms was especially interesting, that the structure might have arisen both as a response to the need to decouple the oral cavity from respiration (an advantage only to aquatic forms, and pretty much the leading idea since Huxley proposed it in 1875) and also as a response to torsional feeding stresses.

At Least I'm Not At Dragon*Con (Part Two) greygirlbeast 2008

Skull Island should harbour relict descendants of such forms, though I doubt they would fare well among giant V. rexes, terrestrial predatory crocodyliforms and truck-sized arthropods.

Archive 2006-01-01 Darren Naish 2006

Like the older Oxford Clay Formation (go see Life in the Oxford Clay sea), the Kimmeridge Clay has yielded numerous ichthyosaurs, plesiosaurs, marine crocodyliforms and fish.

Archive 2006-12-01 Darren Naish 2006

Like the older Oxford Clay Formation (go see Life in the Oxford Clay sea), the Kimmeridge Clay has yielded numerous ichthyosaurs, plesiosaurs, marine crocodyliforms and fish.

Obscure dinosaurs of the Kimmeridge Clay Darren Naish 2006

How the animal related to other crocodyliforms was unclear.

Wired Top Stories Brian Switek 2012

The fossil record also points to the possibility of other types of ancient crocodyliforms inhabiting the same ecosystem.

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Cerrejonisuchus improcerus is the smallest member of Dyrosauridae, a family of now-extinct crocodyliforms.

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"In a lot of these tropical, diverse ecosystems in which crocodyliforms can thrive, you often see multiple snout types," he said.

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Notosuchian crocodyliforms may have taken up residence in a "mammalian niche" in Gondwana during the Cretaceous Period.

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Claessens LPAM (2004) Archosaurian respiration and the pelvic girdle aspiration breathing of crocodyliforms.

PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Joseph J. W. Sertich et al. 2010