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Crocodyloidea is one of
three superfamilies of crocodilians, the
other two
being Alligatoroidea and Gavialoidea, and it
includes the crocodiles. Crocodyloidea...
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other early crocodyloids by its
extended mandibular symphysis, the
region where the two
halves of the
lower jaws connect. In many
crocodyloids this joint...
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dispersals of
crocodyloids from Asia
onwards to Europe, at
least following the
results using the Shan et al. matrix. It is also
possible that
crocodyloids dis****d...
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between the
maxilla and
premaxilla bones that is
characteristic of most
crocodyloids, and it also has a very
short mandibular symphysis (the
connection between...
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inches in
length on the
upper surface.
Recent phylogenetic studies of
crocodyloids show that "C."
affinis is not a
species of Crocodylus, but a
genus has...
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Prodiplocynodon is an
extinct genus of
basal crocodyloid crocodylian. It is one of the only
crocodyloids known from the
Cretaceous and
existed during...
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large caiman Chrysochampsa and at
least two
unnamed forms, one a
large crocodyloid and one more
similar to Ahdeskatanka.
Phylogenetic analysis suggests...
- orbits, or eye sockets, are raised. The
orbit edges of more
advanced crocodyloids like
modern crocodiles are also raised, but
those of the
closest relatives...
- to be part of the
group and
instead recovered as one of the
basalmost crocodyloids. Additionally,
Ristevski and
colleagues did not find
tomistomines and...
- Late
Maastrichtian of Spain:
Implications for the
Initial Radiation of
Crocodyloids". PLOS ONE. 6 (6): e20011. Bibcode:2011PLoSO...620011P. doi:10.1371/journal...
