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- proper noun A taxonomic
division within theinfraclass Archosauromorpha — thearchosaurs .
Etymologies
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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.
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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."
"The lengths that I will go to, the distance in your eyes..." greygirlbeast 2008
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Description of new material of the aetosaur Desmatosuchus spurensis Archosauria: Suchia from the Chinle Formation of Arizona and a revision of the genus Desmatosuchus
Archive 2008-05-01 ReBecca Foster 2008
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Extreme convergence in the body plans of an early suchian (Archosauria) and ornithomimid dinosaurs (Theropoda).
Archive 2006-01-01 Darren Naish 2006
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He may or may not have been inspired by Archosauria Cope, 1869: the 'ruling reptile' group that includes dinosaurs.
We flightless primates Darren Naish 2006
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Description of new material of the aetosaur Desmatosuchus spurensis Archosauria: Suchia from the Chinle Formation of Arizona and a revision of the genus Desmatosuchus
A detailed description of Desmatosuchus ReBecca Foster 2008
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A new phytosaur (Reptilia: Archosauria) genus from the uppermost Triassic of the western United States and its biochronological significance.
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Extreme convergence in the body plans of an early suchian (Archosauria) and ornithomimid dinosaurs (Theropoda).
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The anatomy of Effigia okeeffeae (Archosauria, Suchia), theropod convergence, and the distribution of related taxa.
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Alligator mississippiensis (Archosauria, Crocodylia) with comments on the homology of osteoderms.
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