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Abbreviated Dendrogram
ARCHOSAUROMORPHA | `--ARCHOSAURIA |--Proterosuchidae `--+--Erythrosuchidae `--+--Euparkeriidae `--Crown Group Archosauria |--Ornithodira | |--PTEROSAURIA | `--DINOSAUROMORPHA `--Crurotarsi |--Phytosauridae `--Rauisuchiformes |--Rauisuchia | |--Ornithosuchidae | `--+--Prestosuchidae | `--Rauisuchidae `--Suchia |--Aetosauridae `--CROCODYLOMORPHA |
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Alcober, O (2000), Redescription of the skull of Saurosuchus
galilei (Archosauria: Rauisuchidae) J. Vert. Paleontol. 20:
302-316.
Poposauridae, Rauisuchidae,
Saurosuchus
Arcucci, AB & CA Marsicano (1998), A
distictive new archosaur from the Middle Triassic (Los Chaņares Formation) of
Argentina. J. Vert. Paleontol. 18: 228-232.
Tarjadia
Benton, MJ (1984), Rauisuchians and the success of
dinosaurs. Nature 310: 101.
Poposauridae,
Prestosuchidae, Rauisuchia,
Rauisuchidae, Saurosuchus.
Benton M. J. 1984b. The relationships and early evolution of the Diapsida. In M. W. J. Ferguson (Ed.), The Structure, Development, and Evolution of Reptiles, 575-596. London: Academic Press
Prolacerta, Tanystropheidae
Benton M. J. 1985. Classification and phylogeny of the diapsid reptiles. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 84: 97-164.
The Prolacertiformes, Prolacerta, Malerisaurus, Tanystropheidae
Benton MJ (1999), Scleromochlus taylori and the origin of
dinosaurs and pterosaurs, Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. Lond. B354: 1423-1446.
Ornithodira, Ornithosuchidae,
Scleromochlus
Benton, MJ & JM Clark (1988), Archosaur phylogeny and the relationships of the Crocodilia in MJ Benton (ed.), The Phylogeny and Classification of the Tetrapods
1: 295-338. Oxford, The Systematics Assoc.
Archosauria, Gracilisuchus,
Ornithosuchidae, Prestosuchidae.
Benton, MJ & DJ Gower (2002), Alick D.
Walker 1925–1999: an appreciation. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 136:
1-5.
Euparkeriidae.
Benton, MJ & AD Walker (2002), Erpetosuchus, a crocodile-like basal archosaur from the Late Triassic of Elgin,
Scotland, Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 136: 25-47.
Aetosauridae,
Batrachotomus, Erpetosuchus,
Gracilisuchus, Ornithosuchidae,
Prestosuchidae.
David S. Berman and Robert R. Reisz, 1992, Dolabrosaurus aquatilis, a Small Lepidosauromorph Reptile from the Upper Triassic Chinle Formation of North-Central New Mexico Journal of Paleontology Vol. 66, No. 6 (Nov., 1992), pp. 1001-1009
Dolabrosaurus
Bonaparte, JF (1971), Annotated list of the
South American Triassic tetrapods, in SH Haughton (ed.), Second
Gondwana Symposium, Proceedings and Papers [1970]. Council of Scientific and
Inustrial Research [Praetoria] 2: 665-682.
Ornithosuchidae,
Neoaetosauroides, Saurosuchus,
Stagonolepis, Venaticosuchus
Borsuk-Bialynicka, M, & Evans, S.E. (2009). A long-necked archosauromorph from the Early Triassic of Poland. Paleontologica Polonica 65: 203-234. pdf
Czatkowiella, The Prolacertiformes
Brochu, CA (2001), Progress and future directions
in archosaur phylogenetics. J. Paleontol. 75: 1185–1201.
Archosauria
Burmeister, KC, JJ Flynn, JM Parrish, RL
Whatley & AR Wyss (2000), Biostratigraphic and biogeographic implications of new middle to Late Triassic fossil vertebrates; Morondava Basin,
Madagascar, Abstracts of the 2000 Meeting of the Western Association of Vertebrate Paleontologists, Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff - pdf. -
Aetosauridae
Chatterjee, S (1978), A primitive parasuchid (phytosaur) reptile from the Upper Triassic Maleri Formation of
India, Palaeontology 21: 83-127.
Angistorhinus,
Euphytosauridae, Mystriosuchus,
Nicrosaurus, Paleorhinus,
Parasuchus, Phytosauridae,
Rutiodon,
Smilosuchus.
Chatterjee, S (1982), Phylogeny and
classification of thecodontian reptiles. Nature 295: 317-320.
Archosauriformes.
Chatterjee, S (1985), Postosuchus, a new
thecodontian reptile from the Triassic of Texas and the origin of Tyrannosaurs.
Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B 309: 395-460.
Poposauridae.
Chatterjee, S (1986), Late Triassic Dockum
vertebrates: their stratigraphic and paleobiolographic significance, in
K Padian (ed.), The Beginning of the Age of Dinosaurs. Cambridge Univ.
Press.
Phytosauridae.
Creisler, B (1996), Phytosauria Translation and Pronunciation Guide,
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Brachysuchus, Parasuchus, Phytosauridae,
Rutiodon, Smilosuchus.
Creisler, B (1996), Aetosauria Translation and Pronunciation Guide,
iNet.
Aetosauridae, Aetosaurus arcuatus, Stagonolepis robertsoni, Paratypothorax
Doyle, KD & H-D Sues (1995)
Phytosaurs (Reptilia: Archosauria) from the Upper Triassic New Oxford Formation of York County,
Pennsylvania, J. Vert. Paleontol. 15: 545-553.
Phytosauridae.
Dyke, GJ (1998), Does archosaur phylogeny hinge on
the ankle joint? J. Vert. Paleontol. 18: 558-562.
Archosauria.
Gauthier J.A. 1986. Saurischian monophyly and the origin of
birds. Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences 8: 1-55.
Ornithosuchidae,
Prestosuchidae
Gower, DJ (2002), Braincase evolution in suchian archosaurs (Reptilia: Diapsida): evidence from the rauisuchian
Batrachotomus kupferzellensis, Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 136: 49-76
Aetosauridae, Batrachotomus,
Euparkeriidae, Phytosauridae;
Prestosuchidae, Saurosuchus,
Suchia.
Gower, DJ & AG Sennikov (2000), Early
Archosaurs from Russia in MJ Benton, EN Kurochkin, MA Shishkin &
DM Unwin [eds.], The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia. Cambridge
Univ. Press, pp. 140-159.
Euparkeriidae,
Rauisuchidae.
Gower, DJ & AD Walker (2002), New data on the braincase of the
aetosaurian archosaur (Reptilia: Diapsida) Stagonolepis robertsoni
Agassiz, Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 136: 1-7. Archosaurian Anatomy and
Palaeontology: Essays in Memory of Alick D. Walker, DB Norman & DJ Gower
[eds.] abstract.
Aetosauridae, Stagonolepis,
Suchia.
Gower, DJ & E Weber (1998), The braincase
of Euparkeria, and the evolutionary relationships of birds and
crocodilians. Biol. Rev. 73: 367-411.
Euparkeriidae.
Gower, DJ & M Wilkinson (1996), Is there any consensus on basal archosaur phylogeny? Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B263: 1399-1406.
Gregory, JT (1969), Evolution und interkontinentale
beziehungen der Phytosauria (Reptilia). Paläontol. Zeit. 43: 37-51.
Phytosauria
Gregory, WK (1951), Evolution Emerging: a
Survey of Changing Patterns from Primeval Life to Man. New York, Macmillan, 2 vol.
Aetosaurus
Harris, SR, DJ Gower & M Wilkinson
(2003), Intraorganismal homology, character construction, and the phylogeny of aetosaurian archosaurs (Reptilia,
Diapsida). Syst. Biol. 52: 239-252.
Aetosaurus, Stagonolepis,
Neoaetosauroides
Heckert, AB & SG Lucas (1999), A new aetosaur (Reptilia: Archosauria) from the Upper Triassic of Texas and the phylogeny of
aetosaurs, J. Vert. Paleontol., 19: 50-68.
Aetosauridae,
Aetosaurus, Coahomasuchus,
Desmatosuchus, Longosuchus,
Paratypothorax.
Heckert, AB & SG Lucas (2002) South American occurences of the Adamanian (Late Triassic: Latest Carnian) index taxon
Stagonolepis (Archosauria: Aetosauria) and their biochronological
significance, J. Paleontol., 76: 852-863.
Stagonolepis.
Heckert, AB & SG Lucas (2003), Clarifying
aetosaur phylogeny requires more fossils, not more trees -- Reply to
Intraorganismal homology, character construction, and the phylogeny of
aetosaurian archosaurs (Reptilia, Diapsida). Syst. Biol. 52:
253-255.
Aetosauridae.
Heckert, AB, SG Lucas & JD Harris
(1999), An aetosaur (Reptilia: Archosauria) from the Upper Triassic Chinle Group, Canyonlands National Park,
Utah, in VL Santucci & L McClelland [eds.], Paleontology of the National Parks, Geologic Resources Division Technical Report NPS/NRGRD/GRDTR-99/03. Washington, D.C.: National Park Service.pp. 23-26
Aetosauridae, Coahomasuchus,
Stagnolepis
Hedges, SB & LL Poling (1999), A
molecular phylogeny of reptiles. Science 283: 998-1001.
Archosauria.
Jones, TD, JA Ruben, LD Martin, EN Kurochkin, A
Feduccia, PFA Maderson, WJ Hillenius, NR Geist, & V Alifanov (2000), Nonavian
feathers in a late Triassic archosaur. Science 288:
2202-2205.
Archosauriformes.
Juul, L (1994), The phylogeny
of basal archosaurs. Palaeont. Afr., 1994: 1-38.
Archosauria,
Gracilisuchus, Ornithosuchidae, Paracrocodylomorpha,
Prestosuchidae.
Long, RA & KL Ballew (1985), Aetosaur
dermal armor from the Late Triassic of southwestern North America, with special
reference to material from the Chinle Formation of Petrified Forest National
Park, Mus. N. Ariz. Bull., 54: 45-68.
Paratypothorax,
Stagnolepis.
Long, RA & PA Murry (1995), Late Triassic
(Carnian and Norian) tetrapods from the Southwestern United States. N.
Mex. Mus. Nat. Hist. & Sci. Bull. 4: 1-254.
Phytosauridae,
Rutiodon, Stagnolepis.
Lucas, SG (1998), Global Triassic
tetrapod biostratigraphy and biochronology. Paleogeog. Palaeoclimatol.,
Palaeoecol. 143: 347-384.
Aetosaurus,
Phytosauridae, Redondasuchus,
Rutiodon, Stagonolepis,
Typothorax.
Murry, PA (1986), Vertebrate paleontology of the
Dockum Group in
K Padian (ed.), The Beginning of the Age of Dinosaurs. Cambridge Univ.
Press.
Desmatosuchus, Longosuchus,
Paratypothorax, Poposauridae,
Pseudopalatus, Stagonolepis.
Olsen, PE, H-D Sues & MA Norell (2000), First
Record of Erpetosuchus (Reptilia: Archosauria) from the Late Triassic of
North America. J. Vert. Paleontol. 20: 633–636.
Erpetosuchus,
Gracilisuchus.
G. Olshevsky. 1991. A revision of the parainfraclass Archosauria Cope, 1869, excluding the advanced Crocodylia. Mesozoic Meanderings 2:1-196
Classification
Parrish, JM (1993), Phylogeny of the Crocodylotarsi, with
reference to archosaurian and crurotarsan monophyly. J. Vert. Paleontol. 13: 287-308.
Aetosauridae, Archosauria, Batrachotomus,
Crurotarsi,
Euparkeriidae,
Gracilisuchus, Ornithodira,
Ornithosuchidae, Poposauridae,
Prestosuchidae,
Proterochampsidae, Rauisuchia,
Rauisuchidae, Riojasuchus, Saurosuchus,
Suchia, Ticinosuchus.
Parrish, JM (1994), Cranial osteology of Longosuchus meadei and the phylogeny and distribution of the Aetosauria.
J. Vert. Paleontol., 14: 196-209 - abstract.
Aetosaurus, Longosuchus, Stagonolepis
Parrish, JM (1997), Evolution of the archosaurs,
in JO Farlow & MK Brett-Surman [eds.], The Complete Dinosaur.
Indiana Univ. Press, pp. 191-203.
Archosauriformes.
Sereno PC (1991), Basal archosaurs: phylogenetic
relationships and functional implications. J. Vert. Paleontol. 11
(Supp) Mem. 2, 53 pp.
Archosauria, Archosauriformes,
Crurotarsi, Euparkeriidae,
Ornithodira, Ornithosuchidae,
Ornithosuchus, Phytosauridae,
Proterochampsidae, Rauisuchiformes,
Riojasuchus,
Scleromochlus, Suchia.
Sill, WD (1974), The anatomy of Saurosuchus
galilei and the relationships of the rauisuchid thecodonts. Bull.
Mus. Comp. Zool. 146: 317-362.
Prestosuchidae,
Saurosuchus, Ticinosuchus.
Small, BJ (2002), Cranial anatomy of Desmatosuchus haplocerus (Reptilia: Archosauria:
Stagonolepididae), Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 136: 97-111 abstract.
Aetosauridae, Desmatosuchus.
Sues, H-D (1992), A remarkable new armored archosaur
from the Upper Triassic of Virginia. J. Vert. Paleontol. 12:
142-149.
Aetosauridae, Doswellia,
Euscolosuchus,
Ornithosuchidae, Phytosauridae, Prestosuchidae.
Unwin, DM (1999), Pterosaurs: back to the traditional model?
Tree 14: 263-268.
Ornithodira.
Unwin D. M., Alifanov V. R. & Benton M. J. (2000) "Enigmatic small reptiles from the Middle Triassic of Kirgizia", pp. 177-186. In: Benton M. J., Unwin D. M. & Kurochin E. "The age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Magnolia", Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Vallesaurus
Walker AD (1964), Triassic reptiles from the Elgin area:
Ornithosuchus and the origin of carnosaurs, Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc.
Lond., B248: 53-134.
Archosauria, Ornithosuchidae, Ornithosuchus.
Walker, AD (1970), A revision of the Jurassic
crocodile Hallopus, with remarks on the classification of crocodiles.
Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. Lond. B257: 323–372.
Erpetosuchus,
Scleromochlus
Weems, RE (1980), An unusual newly discovered
archosaur from the Upper Triassic of Virginia, U.S.A. Amer. Phil. Soc.
Trans. 70: 1-53.
Doswellia.
Westphal, F (1976) Phytosauria, in O
Kuhn (ed.), Handbuch der Palaeoherpetologie Teil 13: Thecondontia, Gustav Fisher-Verlag, Stuttgart.
Angistorhinus,
Nicrosaurus,
Phytosauridae, Rutiodon,
Smilosuchus.
vonZittel, KA (1932), Text-book of Palaeontology vol.II,
( 2nd Eng. rev. ed.), trans. & ed. by CR Eastman, rev'd with additions by AS Woodward. MacMillan and Co, Ltd, London
Aetosaurus, Desmatosuchus,
Mystriosuchus, Nicrosaurus
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