- age,
found in the Blue Mesa
Member of the
Chinle Formation. Only one
sphenosuchian is
currently known from the
Middle Jur****ic, Junggarsuchus, from the...
- over from the Tri****ic.
Accompanying them as
small carnivores were the
sphenosuchian and
protosuchid crocodilians. In the air, new
types of
pterosaurs replaced...
-
herbivorous armored aetosaurs, the
large predatory poposaurs, the
small agile sphenosuchian crocodilians, and a few
other ****orted groups. The end-Tri****ic extinction...
- crocodilian),
Saurosuchus galilei (a loricatan),
Pedeticosaurus leviseuri (a
sphenosuchian),
Chenanisuchus lateroculi (a dyrosaurid), and
Dakosaurus maximus (a...
-
periods and was
dominated by
terrestrial small-bodied, long-legged
sphenosuchians,
early crocodyliforms and thalattosuchians. The Neosuchia, a
major group...
-
Litargosuchus is a
sphenosuchian crocodylomorph, a
basal member of the
crocodylomorph clade from the
Early Jur****ic of
South Africa. Its
genus name Litargosuchus...
-
Parrishia is an
extinct genus of
sphenosuchian crocodylomorph known from the Late Tri****ic Chinle, Dockum, and
Santa Rosa
Formations in
Arizona and New...
- The
earliest and most
primitive crocodylomorphs are
represented by "
sphenosuchians", a
paraphyletic ****emblage
containing small-bodied,
slender forms with...
-
large carnivores ("rauisuchians"), and the
first crocodylomorphs ("
sphenosuchians").
Aetosaurs were heavily-armored
reptiles that were
common during the...
-
possibly Triceratops Claosaurus Clarencea –
subsequently found to be a
sphenosuchian;
synonym of
Sphenosuchus Clasmodosaurus Clepsysaurus – subsequently...
