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Archosauria

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Containing group: Archosauromorpha

References

Bennett, S. C. 1996. The phylogenetic position of the Pterosauria within the Archosauromorpha. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 118:261-308.

Benton, M. J. 1999. Scleromochlus taylori and the origin of dinosaurs and pterosaurs. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B 354:1423-1446.

Brochu, C. A. 2001. Progress and future directions in archosaur phylogenetics. Journal of Paleontology 75:1185–1201.

DeBraga, M. and O. Rieppel. 1997. Reptile phylogeny and the interrelationships of turtles. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 120:281-354.

Dyke, G. J. 1998. Does archosaur phylogeny hinge on the ankle joint? Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18:558-562.

Gower, D. J. and E. Weber. 1998. The braincase of Euparkeria, and the evolutionary relationships of birds and crocodilians. Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 73:367-411.

Gower, D. J. and M. Wilkinson. 1996. Is there any consensus on basal archosaur phylogeny? Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B 263:1399-1406.

Harris, S. R., D. J. Gower, and M. Wilkinson. 2003. Intraorganismal homology, character construction, and the phylogeny of aetosaurian archosaurs (Reptilia, Diapsida). Systematic Biology 52(2):239-252.

Heckert, A. B. and S. G. 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). Systematic Biology 52(2):253-255.

Hedges, S. B. and L. L. Poling. 1999. A molecular phylogeny of reptiles. Science 283:998-1001.

Hughes, S., D. Zelus, and D. Mouchiroud. 1999. Warm-blooded isochore structure in Nile crocodile and turtle. Molecular Biology and Evolution 16:1521-1527.

Janke, A. and U. Arnason. 1997. The complete mitochondrial genome of Alligator mississippiensis and the separation between recent archosauria (birds and crocodiles). Molecular Biology and Evolution 14:1266-1272.

Juul, L. 1994. The phylogeny of basal archosaurs. Palaeontologia Africana 31:1-38.

Kirsch, J. A. W. and G. C. Mayer. 1998. The platypus is not a rodent: DNA hybridization, amniote phylogeny and the palimpsest theory. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B 353:1221-1237.

Kumazawa, Y. and M. Nishida. 1999. Complete mitochondrial DNA sequences of the green turtle and blue-tailed mole skink: Statistical evidence for Archosaurian affinity of turtles. Molecular Biology and Evolution 16:784-792.

Lee, M. S. Y. 1997. Reptile relationships turn turtle ... Nature 389:245-246.

Mannen, H. and S. S. L. Li. 1999. Molecular evidence for a clade of turtles. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 13:144-148.

Mindell, D. P., M. D. Sorenson, D. E. Dimcheff, M. Hasegawa, J. C. Ast, and T. Yuri. 1999. Interordinal relationships of birds and other reptiles based on whole mitochondrial genomes. Systematic Biology 48:138-152.

Novas, F. E. 1996. Dinosaur monophyly. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 16:723-741.

Platz, J. E. and J. M. Conlon. 1997. Reptile relationships turn turtle . . . and turn back again. Nature 389:246.

Rieppel, O. and M. deBraga. 1996. Turtles as diapsid reptiles. Nature 384:453-455.

Sereno, P. C. Basal archosaurs: phylogenetic relationships and functional implications. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (Supplement) 11:1-51.

Seymour, R. S., C. L. Bennett-Stamper, S. D. Johnston, D. R. Carrier, and G. C. Grigg. 2004. Evidence for endothermic ancestors of crocodiles at the stem of archosaur evolution. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 77:1051-1067.

Wilkinson, M., J. Thorley, and M. J. Benton. 1997. Uncertain turtle relationships. Nature 387:466-466.

Zardoya, R. and A. Meyer. 1998. Complete mitochondrial genome suggests diapsid affinities of turtles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 95:14226-14231.

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Scientific Name Alligator sinensis
Comments Chinese alligator
Creator Photograph by Gary M. Stolz
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Collection U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Online Digital Media Library
Scientific Name Pteranodon
Creator Heinrich Harder
Specimen Condition Fossil -- Period: Cretaceous
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