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Crocodylomorph Evolution

Crocodylomorph Evolution is a scientific theory that explains the morphological, ecological, and phylogenetic transformations within the clade Crocodylomorpha from their earliest Mesozoic ancestors to later crocodylian forms, distinguishing itself from broader vertebrate evolutionary models by focusing specifically on the adaptive radiation, anatomical innovations, and lineage diversification of crocodylomorphs across geological time.

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Phylogenetic Approaches Toward Crocodylian History

Christopher A. Brochu · Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences · 2003 · 406 citations

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EVOLUTION OF THE SIDE-NECKED TURTLES: THE FAMILIES BOTHREMYDIDAE, EURAXEMYDIDAE, AND ARARIPEMYDIDAE

Eugene S. Gaffney, Haiyan Tong, Peter A. Meylan · Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History · 2006 · 331 citations · Full text

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Fossil crocodilians as indicators of Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic climates: implications for using palaeontological data in reconstructing palaeoclimate

Paul Markwick · Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology · 1998 · 325 citations · Full text

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Molecular evidence for the origin of birds.

S. Blair Hedges · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1994 · 291 citations · Full text

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A TIME-CALIBRATED SPECIES TREE OF CROCODYLIA REVEALS A RECENT RADIATION OF THE TRUE CROCODILES

Jamie R. Oaks · Evolution · 2011 · 291 citations · Full text

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  1. MT
    Mark T. Young

    University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    29 publications · 1.5K citations

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  2. SL
    Stephen L. Brusatte

    University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    18 publications · 1.3K citations

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  3. CA
    Christopher A. Brochu

    University of Iowa, United States

    19 publications · 1.7K citations

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  4. ÉB
    Éric Buffetaut

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    14 publications · 528 citations

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  5. DP
    Diego Pol

    Museum of Paleontology Egidio Feruglio, Argentina

    13 publications · 976 citations

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Institutions

575

  1. American Museum of Natural History

    New York, United States

    27 h-index

    40 publications

    3.2K citations

  2. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    23 h-index

    61 publications

    2.5K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    21 h-index

    89 publications

    3.4K citations

  4. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

    Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    19 h-index

    56 publications

    2.8K citations

  5. Stony Brook University

    Stony Brook, United States

    18 h-index

    27 publications

    1.8K citations

  6. University of Bristol

    Bristol, United Kingdom

    17 h-index

    33 publications

    3.4K citations

  7. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

    Buenos Aires, Argentina

    16 h-index

    23 publications

    941 citations

  8. Sorbonne Université

    Paris, France

    16 h-index

    38 publications

    1.1K citations

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  1. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

    JVP · 50 publications · 3.1K citations

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  2. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

    34 publications · 2K citations

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  3. PLoS ONE

    17 publications · 1.3K citations

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  4. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution)

    Repository · 27 publications · 964 citations

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  5. Cretaceous Research

    18 publications · 685 citations

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