Also present are fossils of a group termed Archosauria, which consists of animals that are ancestors of the dinosaurs (and by extension birds), crocodiles and lizards. (b) Ischigualasto: this includes striking white and variegated sediments that form the valley known as Hoyada de Ischigualasto. From Wordnik.com. [Ischigualasto-Talampaya, Argentina] Reference
He may or may not have been inspired by Archosauria Cope, 1869: the 'ruling reptile' group that includes dinosaurs. From Wordnik.com. [We flightless primates] Reference
Description of new material of the aetosaur Desmatosuchus spurensis Archosauria: Suchia from the Chinle Formation of Arizona and a revision of the genus Desmatosuchus. From Wordnik.com. [A detailed description of Desmatosuchus] Reference
I've been making my way through the September 2008 Journal of Paleontology, and so there was "A new desmatosuchine aetosaur (Archosauria; Suchia) from the Upper Triassic Tecovas Formation (Dockum Group) of Texas," "A juvenile skull of the primitive African ornithischian dinosaur Heterodontosaurus tucki from the 'Stormberg' of South Africa," and "The anatomy, affinity, and phylogenetic significance of Illemoraspis kirkinskayae (Osteostraci) from the Devonian of Siberia.". From Wordnik.com. ["The lengths that I will go to, the distance in your eyes..."] Reference
Alligator mississippiensis (Archosauria, Crocodylia) with comments on the homology of osteoderms. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
Extreme convergence in the body plans of an early suchian (Archosauria) and ornithomimid dinosaurs (Theropoda). From Wordnik.com. [Hairy Museum of Natural History] Reference
Among my favorites are Archosauria, The Canine Clan, and the novels Toolmaker Koan and The Helix and the Sword. From Wordnik.com. [McLoughlin!] Reference
The anatomy of Effigia okeeffeae (Archosauria, Suchia), theropod convergence, and the distribution of related taxa. From Wordnik.com. [Hairy Museum of Natural History] Reference
A new phytosaur (Reptilia: Archosauria) genus from the uppermost Triassic of the western United States and its biochronological significance. From Wordnik.com. [Hairy Museum of Natural History] Reference
The team used a database of 437 features from 64 skeletons and relied on a new family tree of the group Archosauria, which includes non-avian dinosaurs and crurotarsans, as well as pterosaurs, modern birds and crocodilians. From Wordnik.com. [msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines] Reference
Given so wide a phylogenetic distribution, postcranial pneumatization is likely plesiomorphic for Ornithodira (birds, dinosaurs and pterosaurs) and possibly as ancient as basal Archosauria (O'Connor. From Wordnik.com. [Evolution News & Views] Reference
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