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  • proper noun A taxonomic division within the infraclass Archosauromorpha — the archosaurs.

Etymologies

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Coined in 1869 by paleontologist Edward Drinker Cope.

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Examples

  • 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.

    Ischigualasto-Talampaya, Argentina 2008

  • 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

  • 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

  • Extreme convergence in the body plans of an early suchian (Archosauria) and ornithomimid dinosaurs (Theropoda).

    Archive 2006-01-01 Darren Naish 2006

  • 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

  • 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

  • A new phytosaur (Reptilia: Archosauria) genus from the uppermost Triassic of the western United States and its biochronological significance.

    Hairy Museum of Natural History 2010

  • Extreme convergence in the body plans of an early suchian (Archosauria) and ornithomimid dinosaurs (Theropoda).

    Hairy Museum of Natural History 2010

  • The anatomy of Effigia okeeffeae (Archosauria, Suchia), theropod convergence, and the distribution of related taxa.

    Hairy Museum of Natural History 2010

  • Alligator mississippiensis (Archosauria, Crocodylia) with comments on the homology of osteoderms.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles 2009

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