The Early Evolution of Archosaurs: Relationships and the Origin of Major Clades
@inproceedings{Nesbitt2011TheEE, title={The Early Evolution of Archosaurs: Relationships and the Origin of Major Clades}, author={S. Nesbitt}, year={2011} }
Abstract Archosaurs have a nearly 250 million year record that originated shortly after the Permian-Triassic extinction event and is continued today by two extant clades, the crocodylians and the avians. The two extant lineages exemplify two bauplan extremes among a diverse and complex evolutionary history, but little is known about the common ancestor of these lineages. Renewed interest in early archosaurs has led to nearly a doubling of the known taxa in the last 20 years. This study presents… CONTINUE READING
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