- of
Archosauria and
other related groups.
Nesbitt (2011)
found that
Proterochampsians share several distinguishing characteristics, or synapomorphies. A...
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Proterochampsidae is a
family of
proterochampsian archosauriforms.
Proterochampsids may have
filled an
ecological niche similar to
modern crocodiles, and...
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Chanaresuchus has a low,
elongate skull that is
characteristic of
proterochampsians. The
skull is
quite broad posteriorly with a
narrow snout, varying...
- avemetatarsalians, and
archosaur relatives such as
Euparkeria and
proterochampsians. A
hemicylindrical fibular condyle is also
present in phytosaurs,...
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flying pterosaurs and birds,
semiaquatic crocodilians, phytosaurs, and
proterochampsians, and apex
predators such as erythrosuchids, pseudosuchians, and theropod...
- exit
foramen only
present in the prootic) and
another was
found in
proterochampsians (a
swollen biceps tubercule), so
their lack in
phytosaurs may be reversals...
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relative to Archosauria,
finding it to be
further from the
group than
proterochampsians, with
phytosaurs as
early pseudosuchians as in
earlier studies. While...
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primitive condition seen in
archosaur relatives such as
Euparkeria and
proterochampsians. Nevertheless, this
reversion is
undone in
shuvosaurids (and possibly...
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these features it
generally resembles the
cervical vertebrae of
other proterochampsians. A
fragment of a
cervical rib was preserved, as well as
several thin...
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relationship amongst proterochampsians is unlikely, as the only
similarity they
share is a
rough skull roof, and
proterochampsians lack the characteristic...
