-
postcranial traits seemingly unique to
ornithosuchids actually occurred in all
members of the
family is uncertain.
Ornithosuchids known from
decent postcranial...
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outer radius.
Ornithosuchus is
found to be the most
basal ornithosuchid, and
ornithosuchids are
related to
erpetosuchids and aetosaurs,
replicating the...
- the
family Ornithosuchidae,
although at
least one
analysis classifies ornithosuchids as
close relatives of
erpetosuchids (which are
usually considered suchians)...
- apex
predators such as Saurosuchus, Prestosuchus, and Fasolasuchus.
Ornithosuchids were
large scavengers,
while erpetosuchids and
gracilisuchids were small...
- definitions, all
descendants of the
common ancestor of
modern crocodiles,
ornithosuchids, aetosaurs, and phytosaurs;
Nesbitt (2011)
provided a
shorter definition...
- with the "normal"
ankle and
Ornithosuchidae with the "reversed" ankle.
Ornithosuchids were
thought to be
ancestral to
dinosaurs at this time. In 1979, A.R...
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Their main
competitors were the pseudosuchians, such as aetosaurs,
ornithosuchids and rauisuchians,
which were more
successful than the dinosaurs. Most...
-
later ornithosuchids. However, at the same time,
Brinkman noted a
number of
other traits in
Gracilisuchus that
differ from "advanced"
ornithosuchids. These...
-
Crurotarsi to be a
monophyletic grouping consisting of phytosaurs,
ornithosuchids, and the more
derived suchians, but
produced a
trichotomy between the...
-
Although "Ornithosuchia" was
later recognized as a
misnomer (since
ornithosuchids are now
considered closer to
crocodilians than to dinosaurs), it was...
