Deep evolutionary diversification of semicircular canals in archosaurs by Bronzati, M, Benson, RBJ, Evers, SW, Ezcurra, MD, Cabreira, SF, Choiniere, J, Dollman, KN, Paulina-Carabajal, A, Radermacher, VJ, Roberto-da-Silva, L, Sobral, G, Stocker, MR, Witmer, LM, Langer, MC, Nesbitt, SJ

“…Living archosaurs (birds and crocodylians) have disparate locomotor strategies that evolved since their divergence ∼250 mya. …”

An early bothremydid from the Arlington Archosaur Site of Texas by Brent Adrian, Heather F. Smith, Christopher R. Noto, Aryeh Grossman

“…Abstract Four turtle taxa are previously documented from the Cenomanian Arlington Archosaur Site (AAS) of the Lewisville Formation (Woodbine Group) in Texas. …”
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Macroevolutionary patterns in the evolutionary radiation of archosaurs (Tetrapoda: Diapsida) by Brusatte, S, Benton, M, Lloyd, G, Ruta, M, Wang, S

“…The rise of archosaurs during the Triassic and Early Jurassic has been treated as a classic example of an evolutionary radiation in the fossil record. …”

Interpreting pathologies in extant and extinct archosaurs using micro-CT by Jennifer Anné, Russell J. Garwood, Tristan Lowe, Philip J. Withers, Phillip L. Manning

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Testing for a facultative locomotor mode in the acquisition of archosaur bipedality by Luke R. Grinham, Collin S. VanBuren, David B. Norman

“…We test whether facultative bipedality is a transitionary state of locomotor mode evolution in the most recent early archosaur phylogenies using maximum-likelihood ancestral state reconstructions for the first time. …”
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Environmental drivers of body size evolution in crocodile-line archosaurs by Maximilian T. Stockdale, Michael J. Benton

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Quantitative biomechanical assessment of locomotor capabilities of the stem archosaur Euparkeria capensis by Oliver E. Demuth, Ashleigh L. A. Wiseman, John R. Hutchinson

“…It is often suggested that archosaurs ancestrally exhibited some form of bipedalism. …”
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A new occurrence of the Late Triassic archosaur Smok in southern Poland by Grzegorz Niedźwiedzki, Ewa Budziszewska-Karwowska

“…Two isolated teeth, a dorsal vertebra, fragments of a humerus and femur, a fragmentary pubic “boot” and part of an ischium shaft, identified here as belonging to a large predatory archosaur were discovered in the Upper Triassic site at Marciszów near Zawiercie (southern Poland). …”
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The craniomandibular anatomy of the early archosauriform Euparkeria capensis and the dawn of the archosaur skull by Roland B. Sookias, David Dilkes, Gabriela Sobral, Roger M. H. Smith, Frederik P. Wolvaardt, Andrea B. Arcucci, Bhart-Anjan S. Bhullar, Ingmar Werneburg

“…The skull of Euparkeria epitomizes a major evolutionary transition, and places crown archosaur morphology in an evolutionary context.…”
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Cartilaginous epiphyses in extant archosaurs and their implications for reconstructing limb function in dinosaurs. by Casey M Holliday, Ryan C Ridgely, Jayc C Sedlmayr, Lawrence M Witmer

“…Extinct archosaurs, including many non-avian dinosaurs, exhibit relatively simply shaped condylar regions in their appendicular bones, suggesting potentially large amounts of unpreserved epiphyseal (articular) cartilage. …”
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Dietary differences in archosaur and lepidosaur reptiles revealed by dental microwear textural analysis by Jordan Bestwick, David M. Unwin, Mark A. Purnell

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Influence of microbial biofilms on the preservation of primary soft tissue in fossil and extant archosaurs. by Joseph E Peterson, Melissa E Lenczewski, Reed P Scherer

“…<h4>Methodology/principal findings</h4>This study experimentally examines the role of microbial biofilms in soft-tissue preservation in vertebrate fossils by quantitatively establishing the growth and morphology of biofilms on extant archosaur bone. These results are microscopically and morphologically compared with soft-tissue extracts from vertebrate fossils from the Hell Creek Formation of southeastern Montana (Latest Maastrichtian) in order to investigate the potential role of microbial biofilms on the preservation of fossil bone and bound organic matter in a variety of taphonomic settings. …”
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Sampling impacts the assessment of tooth growth and replacement rates in archosaurs: implications for paleontological studies by Jens C.D. Kosch, Lindsay E. Zanno

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Comments and corrections on 3D modeling studies of locomotor muscle moment arms in archosaurs by Karl Bates, Susannah C.R. Maidment, Emma R. Schachner, Paul M. Barrett

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Functional and ecomorphological evolution of orbit shape in mesozoic archosaurs is driven by body size and diet by Stephan Lautenschlager

“…The bones of the archosaur eye socket evolve different shapes dependent on feeding habits and body size.…”
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Fusion Patterns in the Skulls of Modern Archosaurs Reveal That Sutures Are Ambiguous Maturity Indicators for the Dinosauria. by Alida M Bailleul, John B Scannella, John R Horner, David C Evans

“…Our findings show that progressive sutural closure is not always observed in extant archosaurs, and therefore suggest that cranial sutural fusion is an ambiguous proxy for assessing maturity in non-avian dinosaurs.…”
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A hypothesis: autonomic rhythms are reflected in growth lines of teeth in humans and extinct archosaurs by Otto Appenzeller, Hanns-Christian Gunga, Clifford Qualls, Raffaello Furlan, Alberto Porta, Spencer G. Lucas, Andrew B. Heckert, Karl Kirsch, Maria Costa Junqueira, Sonia E. Guillén, M Sander, T. Schneider, B. Blottner

“…Details of the rhythms give clues to life styles in ancient civilizations and to the physiology of extinct archosaurs.…”
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Opalized archosaur remains from the Bulldog Shale (Aptian: Lower Cretaceous) of South Australia by Barrett, P, Kear, B, Benson, R

“…Here, we review this taxon and other archosaur specimens collected from the Bulldog Shale (Aptian) of Andamooka and Coober Pedy. …”

Estimating Gaits of an Ancient Crocodile-Line Archosaur Through Trajectory Optimization, With Comparison to Fossil Trackways by Delyle T. Polet, John R. Hutchinson

“…Next, we used trackway dimensions as inputs to a model of Batrachotomus kupferzellensis, a long-limbed, crocodile-line archosaur (clade Pseudosuchia) from the Middle Triassic of Germany. …”
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Reassessment of the evidence for postcranial skeletal pneumaticity in Triassic archosaurs, and the early evolution of the avian respiratory system. by Richard J Butler, Paul M Barrett, David J Gower

“…Crocodilians, the only other living archosaurs, also possess unidirectional lung ventilation, but lack true air sacs and postcranial skeletal pneumaticity (PSP). …”
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