The Amazing World of Thalattosuchians

[Troodon]

A very cool article and let the intro speak for itself

 

To most people, crocodilians are large-bodied carnivores that have been unchanged since the age of the dinosaurs. However, during their 230 million-year history, modern crocodilians and their extinct relatives evolved a stunning diversity of body plans, with many looking very different from those alive today (crocodiles, alligators, caimans and gharials).

 

If you are interested in further readings lots of suggestions at the end of the article.

 

 

https://www.palaeontologyonline.com/articles/2018/fossil-focus-thalattosuchia/

 

 

[The Amateur Paleontologist]

@Troodon Found these on ResearchGate; I thought they might be worth looking into (all the papers can be freely downloaded)...

 

 

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/308165419_Taxonomic_analysis_of_an_Upper_Jurassic_marine_reptile_from_the_northern_Franconian_Alb_Bavaria_Germany?_sg=yJb9fkr-yyJVgdMStA_eAGIsOdvV9OksEmCx1WkzHr0NvCBllGo3drlDxxu057A-aYlCHsGfyml6YV4

 

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/287506372_METRIORHYNCHIDAE_CROCODYLOMORPHA_THALATTOSUCHIA_FROM_UPPER_JURASSIC-LOWER_CRETACEOUS_OF_NEUQUEN_BASIN_ARGENTINA_WITH_COMMENTS_ON_THE_NATURAL_CASTS_OF_THE_BRAIN?_sg=-Vl_LCJsdeizkZe7q0uipBCjk6vq8B8GK1K-diXb5T5D5DSzIfHAbWS77yXBCxBIn2pXFfxeEuA0cIU

 

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/274832968_Postcranial_elements_of_Maledictosuchus_riclaensis_Thalattosuchia_from_the_Middle_Jurassic_of_Spain?_sg=S0NSnpNP8irhxWZD6gM56SWQrCE-Lhym4KWQQ6HSiNY5dwPVcPjloYe7rZcrX9-Pb8V36DzuZp8VfhU

 

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/266884030_Revision_of_the_Late_Jurassic_teleosaurid_genus_Machimosaurus_Crocodylomorpha_Thalattosuchia?_sg=CzhIIk6amtqo1MG4C5K7CIF57C-CdJF9BlZ600kpO8qm4mS5QDuszKYyVQcllcW9WgQNCjYresZDGQg

 

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/40663424_Pelagosaurus_typus_Bronn_1841_Mesoeucrocodylia_Thalattosuchia_from_the_Upper_Lias_Toarcian_Lower_Jurassic_of_Somerset_England?_sg=OR1naGA1BBpJc7OpbAbAH62UHpUq-sO0oYLD0cv6yTPDs_ZwWxluEzzGa4axLpDsDh7emNtyf0N9Pew

 

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/251571291_The_Evolution_of_Extreme_Hypercarnivory_in_Metriorhynchidae_Mesoeucrocodylia_Thalattosuchia_Based_on_Evidence_from_Microscopic_Denticle_Morphology?_sg=AmIGCmGJxRq4uxhL5Hrh_BS8GNTKYHa-QZxLEuEIROAjCniw6Zu0U25rdMAK1DzzsoCdXouaXtDrLPM