- "
phytosaur"
means "plant lizard", as the
first fossils of
phytosaurs were
mistakenly thought to
belong to
plant eaters. For many years,
phytosaurs were...
- phylogeny.
Because Crurotarsi is
defined by the
inclusion of
phytosaurs, the
placement of
phytosaurs outside Archosauria means that
Crurotarsi must include...
- encomp****es
nearly all
phytosaurs,
including early Parasuchus-grade
forms as well as a more
restricted clade of more
specialized phytosaurs. This more restricted...
- been
changed by the
phylogenetic placement of
phytosaurs. In 2011,
Sterling J.
Nesbitt found phytosaurs to be the
sister taxon of Archosauria, and therefore...
- the
possibly basal phylogenetic position of the
phytosaurs. This
means that
grouping the
phytosaurs and
crocodilians into a
clade while excluding the...
- of
large mystriosuchine phytosaur from the
Upper Tri****ic Tiki
Formation of India. It was
among the
largest known phytosaurs,
reaching a
length of over...
-
Rutiodon (meaning "wrinkle tooth") is an
extinct genus of
mystriosuchine phytosaurs from the Late Tri****ic of the
eastern United States. The type species...
- Hungerbühler, Axel; Martz,
Jeffrey W. (2012). "The
taxonomic status of the
phytosaurs (Archosauriformes)
Machaeroprosopus and
Pseudopalatus from the Late Tri****ic...
- suchians) and
aetosaurs (which are
suchians by
definition of the group).
Phytosaurs are also
excluded from Suchia,
although it is not
certain whether they...
- When it
comes to
phytosaurs, most
inferences on
ecology are in
comparison with
modern day crocodilians. However,
genera within phytosaurs may also have had...
