- 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...
- the archosaurs. Many
phylogenetic analyses place the long-snouted
proterochampsians as more
closely related to
archosaurs than
euparkeriids were. Such...
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Thuringopelta is an
extinct genus of
doswelliid that
lived during the Carnian.
Thuringopelta werneburgi is
known from the
Stuttgart Formation of Germany...
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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...
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flying pterosaurs and birds,
semiaquatic crocodilians, phytosaurs, and
proterochampsians, and apex
predators such as erythrosuchids, pseudosuchians, and theropod...
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Kuruxuchampsa is an
extinct genus of
archosauriform reptile from the Late Tri****ic-aged
Santa Maria Formation of Brazil. It
contains a
single species,...
- avemetatarsalians, and
archosaur relatives such as
Euparkeria and
proterochampsians. A
hemicylindrical fibular condyle is also
present in phytosaurs,...
- 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...
- was
slightly downturned at an
angle of 15-20 degrees.
Unlike other proterochampsians, the
nares (nostril holes) did not seem to be
oriented upwards. The...
