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Dyrosauridae, the Glossary

Dyrosauridae is a family of extinct neosuchian crocodyliforms that lived from the Campanian to the Eocene.^[1]

63 relations: Acherontisuchus, Aigialosuchus, Anatomical terms of location, Anthracosuchus, Apomorphy and synapomorphy, Arambourgisuchus, Atlantosuchus, Brachiosuchus, Campanian, Cenomanian, Cerrejón Formation, Cerrejonisuchus, Chenanisuchus, Clade, Colombia, Congosaurus, Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary, Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event, Crocodyliformes, Dentition, Dorbignysuchus, Dyrosaurus, Ecology, Eocene, Estuary, Extinction, Family (biology), Femur, Fluvial sediment processes, Fortignathus, Guarinisuchus, Hyposaurus, Jugal bone, Kristianstad Basin, Lacrimal bone, Late Cretaceous, Luciasuchus, Maastrichtian, Maxilla, Nasal bone, Neosuchia, Occipital bone, Occipital condyles, Occlusion (dentistry), Osteoporosis, Osteosclerosis, Pachyostosis, Pakistan, Paleocene, Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum, ... Expand index (13 more) »
Dyrosaurids
Late Cretaceous crocodylomorphs
Maastrichtian first appearances
Paleogene crocodylomorphs
Pseudosuchian families

Acherontisuchus

Acherontisuchus is an extinct genus of dyrosaurid neosuchian from Middle to Late Paleocene deposits of Colombia.

Aigialosuchus

Aigialosuchus is an extinct genus of long-snouted crocodylomorph that lived in what is now Sweden during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous period.

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Anatomical terms of location

Standard anatomical terms of location are used to unambiguously describe the anatomy of animals, including humans.

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Anthracosuchus

Anthracosuchus (meaning "coal crocodile" in Greek) is an extinct genus of dyrosaurid crocodyliform from the Paleocene of Colombia.

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Apomorphy and synapomorphy

In phylogenetics, an apomorphy (or derived trait) is a novel character or character state that has evolved from its ancestral form (or plesiomorphy).

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Arambourgisuchus ("Prof. Camille Arambourg's crocodile") is an extinct genus of dyrosaurid crocodylomorph from the late Palaeocene of Morocco, found in the region of Sidi Chenane in 2000, following collaboration by French and Moroccan institutions, and described in 2005 by a team led by palaeontologist Stéphane Jouve. Dyrosauridae and Arambourgisuchus are dyrosaurids and Prehistoric marine crocodylomorphs.

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Atlantosuchus

Atlantosuchus is an extinct genus of dyrosaurid crocodylomorph from Morocco. Dyrosauridae and Atlantosuchus are dyrosaurids.

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Brachiosuchus

Brachiosuchus is an extinct genus of dyrosaurid crocodyliform known from the Late Cretaceous Kababish Formation of Sudan. Dyrosauridae and Brachiosuchus are dyrosaurids and Prehistoric marine crocodylomorphs.

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Campanian

The Campanian is the fifth of six ages of the Late Cretaceous Epoch on the geologic timescale of the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS).

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Cenomanian

The Cenomanian is, in the International Commission on Stratigraphy's (ICS) geological timescale, the oldest or earliest age of the Late Cretaceous Epoch or the lowest stage of the Upper Cretaceous Series.

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Cerrejón Formation

The Cerrejón Formation is a geologic formation in Colombia dating back to the Middle-Late Paleocene.

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Cerrejonisuchus

Cerrejonisuchus is an extinct genus of dyrosaurid crocodylomorph. Dyrosauridae and Cerrejonisuchus are dyrosaurids and Prehistoric marine crocodylomorphs.

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Chenanisuchus

Chenanisuchus ("Chenane crocodile") is a genus of dyrosaurid crocodyliform from the Late Cretaceous of Mali and the Late Palaeocene of Sidi Chenane in Morocco. Dyrosauridae and Chenanisuchus are dyrosaurids and Prehistoric marine crocodylomorphs.

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Clade

In biological phylogenetics, a clade, also known as a monophyletic group or natural group, is a grouping of organisms that are monophyletic – that is, composed of a common ancestor and all its lineal descendants – on a phylogenetic tree.

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Colombia

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with insular regions in North America.

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Congosaurus

Congosaurus is an extinct genus of dyrosaurid mesoeucrocodylian. Dyrosauridae and Congosaurus are dyrosaurids and Prehistoric marine crocodylomorphs.

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Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary

The Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) boundary, formerly known as the Cretaceous–Tertiary (K–T) boundary, is a geological signature, usually a thin band of rock containing much more iridium than other bands.

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Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event

The Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) extinction event, also known as the Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction, was the mass extinction of three-quarters of the plant and animal species on Earth approximately 66 million years ago.

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Crocodyliformes

Crocodyliformes is a clade of crurotarsan archosaurs, the group often traditionally referred to as "crocodilians".

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Dentition

Dentition pertains to the development of teeth and their arrangement in the mouth.

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Dorbignysuchus

Dorbignysuchus is an extinct genus of dyrosaurid crocodyliform known from the Paleocene Santa Lucía Formation of Bolivia. Dyrosauridae and Dorbignysuchus are dyrosaurids and Prehistoric marine crocodylomorphs.

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Dyrosaurus

Dyrosaurus is a genus of extinct crocodylomorph that lived during the early Eocene. Dyrosauridae and Dyrosaurus are dyrosaurids and Prehistoric marine crocodylomorphs.

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Ecology

Ecology is the natural science of the relationships among living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment.

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Eocene

The Eocene is a geological epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (Ma).

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Estuary

An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea.

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Extinction

Extinction is the termination of a taxon by the death of its last member.

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Family (biology)

Family (familia,: familiae) is one of the nine major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy.

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Femur

The femur (femurs or femora), or thigh bone is the only bone in the thigh.

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Fluvial sediment processes

In geography and geology, fluvial sediment processes or fluvial sediment transport are associated with rivers and streams and the deposits and landforms created by sediments.

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Fortignathus

Fortignathus is an extinct genus of dyrosaurid or peirosaurid crocodylomorph known from the Late Cretaceous Echkar Formation in Niger.

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Guarinisuchus

Guarinisuchus is an extinct genus of marine crocodyliform from the Early Paleocene 62 million years ago of the Maria Farinha Formation, Brazil. Dyrosauridae and Guarinisuchus are dyrosaurids and Prehistoric marine crocodylomorphs.

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Hyposaurus

Hyposaurus is a genus of extinct marine dyrosaurid crocodyliform. Dyrosauridae and Hyposaurus are dyrosaurids and Prehistoric marine crocodylomorphs.

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Jugal bone

The jugal is a skull bone found in most reptiles, amphibians and birds.

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Kristianstad Basin

The Kristianstad Basin (Swedish: Kristianstadsbassängen) is a Cretaceous-age structural basin and geological formation in northeastern Skåne, the southernmost province of Sweden.

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Lacrimal bone

The lacrimal bones are two small and fragile bones of the facial skeleton; they are roughly the size of the little fingernail and situated at the front part of the medial wall of the orbit.

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Late Cretaceous

The Late Cretaceous (100.5–66 Ma) is the younger of two epochs into which the Cretaceous Period is divided in the geologic time scale.

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Luciasuchus

Luciasuchus is an extinct genus of dyrosaurid crocodyliform known from the Paleocene Santa Lucía Formation of Bolivia. Dyrosauridae and Luciasuchus are dyrosaurids and Prehistoric marine crocodylomorphs.

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Maastrichtian

The Maastrichtian is, in the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS) geologic timescale, the latest age (uppermost stage) of the Late Cretaceous Epoch or Upper Cretaceous Series, the Cretaceous Period or System, and of the Mesozoic Era or Erathem.

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Maxilla

In vertebrates, the maxilla (maxillae) is the upper fixed (not fixed in Neopterygii) bone of the jaw formed from the fusion of two maxillary bones.

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Nasal bone

The nasal bones are two small oblong bones, varying in size and form in different individuals; they are placed side by side at the middle and upper part of the face and by their junction, form the bridge of the upper one third of the nose.

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Neosuchia

Neosuchia is a clade within Mesoeucrocodylia that includes all modern extant crocodilians and their closest fossil relatives. Dyrosauridae and Neosuchia are Paleogene crocodylomorphs.

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Occipital bone

The occipital bone is a cranial dermal bone and the main bone of the occiput (back and lower part of the skull).

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Occipital condyles

The occipital condyles are undersurface protuberances of the occipital bone in vertebrates, which function in articulation with the superior facets of the atlas vertebra.

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Occlusion (dentistry)

Occlusion, in a dental context, means simply the contact between teeth.

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Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis is a systemic skeletal disorder characterized by low bone mass, micro-architectural deterioration of bone tissue leading to more porous bone, and consequent increase in fracture risk.

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Osteosclerosis

Osteosclerosis is a disorder characterized by abnormal hardening of bone and an elevation in bone density.

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Pachyostosis

Pachyostosis is a non-pathological condition in vertebrate animals in which the bones experience a thickening, generally caused by extra layers of lamellar bone.

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Pakistan

Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia.

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Paleocene

The Paleocene, or Palaeocene, is a geological epoch that lasted from about 66 to 56 million years ago (mya).

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Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum

The Paleocene–Eocene thermal maximum (PETM), alternatively ”Eocene thermal maximum 1 (ETM1)“ and formerly known as the "Initial Eocene" or “Late Paleocene thermal maximum", was a geologically brief time interval characterized by a 5–8 °C global average temperature rise and massive input of carbon into the ocean and atmosphere.

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Paleogene

The Paleogene Period (also spelled Palaeogene or Palæogene) is a geologic period and system that spans 43 million years from the end of the Cretaceous Period Ma (million years ago) to the beginning of the Neogene Period Ma.

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Phosphatosaurus

Phosphatosaurus is an extinct genus of dyrosaurid crocodylomorph. Dyrosauridae and Phosphatosaurus are dyrosaurids and Prehistoric marine crocodylomorphs.

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Premaxilla

The premaxilla (or praemaxilla) is one of a pair of small cranial bones at the very tip of the upper jaw of many animals, usually, but not always, bearing teeth.

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Rhabdognathus

Rhabdognathus is an extinct genus of dyrosaurid crocodylomorph. Dyrosauridae and Rhabdognathus are dyrosaurids and Prehistoric marine crocodylomorphs.

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Rodeosuchus

Rodeosuchus is an extinct genus of dyrosaurid crocodyliform known from the Paleocene Santa Lucía Formation of Bolivia. Dyrosauridae and Rodeosuchus are dyrosaurids and Prehistoric marine crocodylomorphs.

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Sabinosuchus

Sabinosuchus (meaning "Sabinas crocodile") is a genus of Mesoeucrocodylian, from the Maastrichtian Escondido Formation of Coahuila, Mexico, with Sabinosuchus coahuilensis as the type species.

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Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in West Asia and the Middle East.

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Skeletal muscle

Skeletal muscle (commonly referred to as muscle) is one of the three types of vertebrate muscle tissue, the other being cardiac muscle and smooth muscle.

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Sokotosuchus

Sokotosuchus is an extinct genus of dyrosaurid crocodyliform which existed during the Maastrichtian in western Africa. Dyrosauridae and Sokotosuchus are dyrosaurids and Prehistoric marine crocodylomorphs.

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Sudan

Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan, is a country in Northeast Africa.

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Synonym (taxonomy)

The Botanical and Zoological Codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently.

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Tibia

The tibia (tibiae or tibias), also known as the shinbone or shankbone, is the larger, stronger, and anterior (frontal) of the two bones in the leg below the knee in vertebrates (the other being the fibula, behind and to the outside of the tibia); it connects the knee with the ankle.

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Tilemsisuchus

Tilemsisuchus is an extinct genus of dyrosaurid crocodyliform which existed in what is now Mali during the Eocene period. Dyrosauridae and Tilemsisuchus are Prehistoric marine crocodylomorphs.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyrosauridae

Also known as Dyrosaurid, Dyrosaurids, Hyposaurinae, Phosphatosaurinae.

, Paleogene, Phosphatosaurus, Premaxilla, Rhabdognathus, Rodeosuchus, Sabinosuchus, Saudi Arabia, Skeletal muscle, Sokotosuchus, Sudan, Synonym (taxonomy), Tibia, Tilemsisuchus.

Dyrosauridae, the Glossary

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See also

Dyrosaurids

Late Cretaceous crocodylomorphs

Maastrichtian first appearances

Paleogene crocodylomorphs

Pseudosuchian families

References