Anatomy, phylogeny and palaeobiology of early archosaurs and their kin
Archosaurs, an important reptile group that includes today's crocodiles and birds, arose during the Triassic in the aftermath of the greatest mass extinction of all time. In the last 20 years, our understanding of the early evolution of the group has improved substantially with the discovery of new fossils and species of early archosaurs and their closest relatives, a better understanding of the relationships of these animals, and new insights into their palaeobiology. In order to synthesize these new data, researchers of early archosaurs from around the world met at the first symposium of early archosaur evolution at the IV Congreso Latinoamericano de Paleontología de Vertebrados (September 2011) in San Juan, Argentina. This symposium facilitated collaboration and strove to paint a better understanding of these extraordinary animals. The resultant body of work is a state-of-the-art examination of early archosaur groups and their close relatives including historical, anatomical, biogeographical, evolutionary and palaeobiological data. This contribution furthers our knowledge of the anatomy, relationships, and palaeobiology of species-level taxa as well as more global patterns of archosaur evolution during the Triassic -- P. 4 of cover
eBook, English, 2013
Special publications, 379
1 Online-Ressource (VI, 608 Seiten)
9781862393615, 1862393613
950878678
Anatomy, phylogeny and palaeobiology of early archosaurs and their kin / S.J. Nesbitt, J.B. Deojo and R.B. Irmis'Proterosuchia': the origin and early history of archosauriformes / M.D. Ezcurra, R.J. Butler and D.J. Gower
Euparkeriidae / R.B. Sookias and R.J. Butler
Doswelliidae: a clade of unusual armoured archosauriforms from the Middle and Late Triassic / H.-D. Sues, J.B. Sesojo and M.D. Ezcurba
Proterochampsia: an endemic archosauriform clade from South America / M.J. Trotteyn, A.B. Arcucci and T. Raugust
Phytosauria / M.R. Stocker and R.J. Butler
Triassic pterosaurs / F.M.D. Vecchia
Non-dinosaurian Dinosauromorphia / M.C. Langer, S.J. Nesbitt, J.S. Bittencourt and R.B. Irmis
Ornithosuchidae: a group of Triassic archosaurs with a unique ankle joint / M.B. Von Baczko and M .D. Ezcurra
Aetosauria: a clade of armoured pseudosuchians from the Upper Triassic continental beds / J.B. Desojo, A.B. Heckert, J.W. Martz, W.G. Parker, R.R. Schoch, B.J. Small and T. Sulej
Rauisuchia / S.J. Nesbitt, S.L. Brusatte, J.B. Desojo, A. Liparini, M.A.G. De Franc̦a, J.C. Weinbaum and D.J. Gower
Early crocodylomorpha / R.B. Irmis, S.J. Nesbitt and H.-D. Sues
The first occurrence of Chanaresuchus bonapartei Romer 1971 (Archosaurifomres, Proterochampsia) of the Middle Triassic of Brazil from the Santacruzodon Assemblage Zone, Santa Maria Formation (Paraná Basin) / T. Raugust, M. Lacerda and C.L. Schultz
Prorotodactylus and Rotodactylus tracks: an ichnological record of dinosauromorphs from the Early-Middle Triassic of Poland / G. Niedźwiedzki, S.L. Brusatte and R.J. Butler
The Late Triassic dinosauromorph Sacisaurus agudoensis (Caturrita Formation: Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil): anatomy and affinities / M.C. Langer and J. Ferigolo
A new aetosaur from the Upper Triassic Chinle Formation of the Eagle Basin, Colorado, USA / B.J. Small and J.W. Martz
Growth curve of Aetosauroides scaglial Casamiquela 1960 (Pseudosuchia: Aetosauria) inferred from osteoderm histology / J.R.A. Taborda, I.A. Cerda and J.B. Desojo
The braincase of Prestosuchus chiniquensis (Archosauria: Suchia) / B.M. Mastrantonio, C.L. Schultz, J.B. Desojo and J.B. Garcia
A reconstruction of the thigh musculature of the extinct psudosuchian Prestosuchus chiniquensis from the Dinodontosaurus Assemblage Zone (Middle Triassic Epoch), Santa Narua 1 Sequence, southern Brazil / A Liparini and C.L. Schultz
The skull anatomy of Decuriasuchus quartacolonia (Pseudosuchia: Suchia: Loricata) from the middle Triassic of Brazil / M.A.G. De Franc̦a, M.C. Langer and J. Ferigolo
Cranial remains of Poposaurus gracilis (Pseudosuchia: Poposauroidea) from the Upper Triassic, the distribution of the taxon, and its implications for poposauroid evolution / W.G. Parker and S.J. Nesbitt
Postcranial skeleton of Postosuchus kirkpatricki (Archosauria: Paracrocodylomorpha), from the Upper Triassic of the United States / J.C. Weinbaum
Morphology and diversity of the mandibular symphysis of archosauriformes / C.M. Holliday and S.J. Nesbitt
Body size evolution during the Triassic archosauriform radiation / A.H. Turner and S.J. Nesbitt