- Tri****ic, to the
Miocene (168 to 20 or
possibly 11.6
million years ago).
Choristoderes are
morphologically diverse, with the best
known members being the crocodile-like...
-
pantestudines (turtles and
their extinct relatives) and the
semiaquatic choristoderes have also been
placed in
Archosauromorpha by some authors. Archosauromorpha...
-
Neochoristodera is a
lineage of
specialised crocodile-like
fully aquatic choristodere reptiles.
Noted for
their long jaws and
large size,
these animals were...
- as the
remains were the
youngest known choristodere fossils, and
resembled the most
primitive choristodere known, the Middle-Late Jur****ic Cteniogenys...
-
genera of
choristodere are
known from the Jur****ic. One is the
small lizard-like Cteniogenys,
thought to be the most
basal known choristodere; it is known...
-
significant as the most
complete Jur****ic
choristodere taxon, as the only
other named Jur****ic
choristodere Cteniogenys is
based on
fragmentary remains...
-
punctuated by ice ages and re-establishment of East
Antarctic Ice Sheet.
Choristoderes, the last non-crocodilian
crocodylomorphs and
creodonts go extinct....
-
Champsosaurus is an
extinct genus of crocodile-like
choristodere reptile,
known from the Late
Cretaceous and
early Paleogene periods of
North America and...
-
remained rare, with
their remains outnumbering terrestrial lizards 200:1.
Choristoderes, a
group of
freshwater aquatic reptiles that
first appeared during the...
-
probably reflect the low
extinction rates seen in
freshwater animals. The
choristoderes (a
group of semi-aquatic
diapsids of
uncertain position)
survived across...
