Neural and endocranial anatomy of Triassic phytosaurian reptiles and convergence with fossil and modern crocodylians
Phytosaurs are a clade of large, carnivorous pseudosuchian archosaurs from the Late Triassic with a near cosmopolitan distribution. Their superficial resemblance to longirostrine (long-snouted) crocodylians, such as gharials, has often been used in the past to infer ecological and behavioural conver...
Main Authors: | Stephan Lautenschlager, Richard J. Butler |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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PeerJ Inc.
2016-07-01
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Series: | PeerJ |
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Online Access: | https://peerj.com/articles/2251.pdf |
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