Search Results - "CROCODILIANS"

The internal braincase anatomy of Thalattosuchus superciliosus – with implications for the endocranial evolution of metriorhynchid crocodylomorphs.

Authors: Higgins, Robert R. Cowgill, Thomas Young, Mark T. et al.

Source: Historical Biology. Oct2025, Vol. 37 Issue 10, p2272-2283. 12p.

Subject Terms: *BRAIN anatomy, *CROCODILIANS, *BIOLOGICAL adaptation, *PREDATORY animals, *PREDATORY aquatic animals, *BIOLOGICAL evolution, *COMPUTED tomography

Host species and age‐specific variation on Hepatozoon prevalence and its effect on body condition in two Neotropical crocodiles.

Authors: Marzal, Alfonso Flores‐Saavedra, Wendy Magallanes, Sergio et al.

Source: Wildlife Biology. Sep2025, Vol. 2025 Issue 5, p1-13. 13p.

Subject Terms: *CROCODILIANS, *CROCODILES, *CONSERVATION projects (Natural resources), *PARASITIC protozoa, *BIOLOGICAL fitness, *PARASITES

Osteoderm microstructure indicates ontogenetic shifts in the growth pattern of some Cretaceous notosuchians (Crocodylomorpha).

Authors: Cajado, Alex Gabriel de Oliveira, Carlos Eduardo Maia de Andrade, Marco Brandalise et al.

Source: Journal of Anatomy. Sep2025, Vol. 247 Issue 3/4, p620-642. 23p.

Subject Terms: *CRETACEOUS Period, *CROCODILIANS, *DEVELOPMENTAL biology, *MORPHOLOGY, *SKELETON, *HISTOLOGICAL techniques, *GROWTH curves (Statistics)

Eyes in the sky: Drone monitoring of the largest gharial and mugger populations in the East Rapti River, Chitwan National Park.

Authors: Thapa, Gokarna Jung Thapa, Kanchan Poudel, Shashank et al.

Source: PLoS ONE. 8/21/2025, Vol. 20 Issue 8, p1-17. 17p.

Subject Terms: *DRONE surveillance, *CROCODILIANS, *AERIAL surveys, *NATIONAL parks & reserves, *ANIMAL ecology, *POPULATION viability analysis, *NATURE conservation

Geographic Terms: ROYAL Chitwan National Park (Nepal)

Quadrate orientation and joint reaction force underwent correlated evolution during suchian evolution.

Authors: Sellers, Kaleb C. Wilken, Alec T. Cranor, Corrine R. et al.

Source: Journal of Anatomy. Jul2025, p1. 12p. 7 Illustrations.

Subject Terms: *BIOMECHANICS, *CROCODILIANS, *FORCE & energy, *PHYLOGENY, *RANGE of motion of joints, *BIOLOGICAL systems

Clustering crocodylian dental morphology: Insights into functional adaptations, diet, and ontogeny.

Authors: Testin, Jason J. D'Amore, Domenic C.

Source: Journal of Anatomy. Jul2025, p1. 17p. 5 Illustrations.

Subject Terms: *CROCODILIANS, *CLUSTER analysis (Statistics), *DENTITION, *FOOD preferences, *ECOLOGICAL niche, *ONTOGENY, *ANIMAL feeding

A new specimen of the early branching crocodyliform Platyognathus hsui extends the record of gobiosuchids back 67 million years.

Authors: Wang, Lihua Clark, James M Li, Hongqing et al.

Source: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. Jun2025, Vol. 204 Issue 2, p1-22. 22p.

Subject Terms: *CROCODILIANS, *JURASSIC Period, *FOSSIL collection, *FOSSILS, *PALEONTOLOGY

Geographic Terms: CHINA

Synergistic and Additive Effects of Multiple Threats Erode Phylogenetic and Life History Strategy Diversity in Testudines and Crocodilia.

Authors: Rodríguez‐Caro, R. C. Gumbs, R. Graciá, E. et al.

Source: Ecology Letters. Jun2025, Vol. 28 Issue 6, p1-11. 11p.

Subject Terms: *SPECIES diversity, *CROCODILIANS, *LIFE history theory, *HAZARDS, *TURTLES, *NATURE conservation

Crocodylian remains from the Miocene of the Fore-Carpathian Basin and its foreland--including the world's northernmost Neogene crocodylian.

Authors: GÓRKA, MARCIN BŘEZINA, JAKUB CHROUST, MILAN et al.

Source: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 2025, Vol. 70 Issue 2, p225-251. 27p.

Subject Terms: *CROCODILIANS, *MIOCENE Epoch, *CENOZOIC Era, *NEOGENE Period, *SPATIAL analysis (Statistics), *PALEOGENE, *PHYSIOGRAPHIC provinces

Geographic Terms: POLAND, EUROPE

Eocene gavialoid teeth from southern Transylvania with notes on the diversity of Paleogene crocodilians from Romania.

Authors: VENCZEL, Márton CODREA, Vlad A. TRIF, Nicolae

Source: North-Western Journal of Zoology. Jun2023, Vol. 19 Issue 1, p71-79. 9p.

Subjects: Biogeography, Crocodilians, Teeth, Paleogene, Marine sediments, Eocene Epoch, Dentition

Geographic Terms: Romania, Transylvania (Romania), North Africa

HERPETOFAUNAL REMAINS (ANURA, CROCODYLIA, TESTUDINES, SQUAMATA) FROM THE LATE MIOCENE OF THE CREVILLENTE AREA (SE SPAIN): PALAEOBIOGEOGRAPHICAL AND PALAEOECOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS.

Authors: MARQUINA-BLASCO, RAFAEL MORALES-FLORES, DAVID BARTOLOMÉ-BOMBÍN, ÁNGEL D. et al.

Source: Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia. Mar2025, Vol. 131 Issue 1, p85-115. 31p.

Subject Terms: *CROCODILIANS, *TURTLES, *LACERTIDAE, *SNAKES, *VIPERIDAE

Geographic Terms: IBERIAN Peninsula

Rivers and spatial distance are drivers of genetic diversity in the South American dwarf caiman (Paleosuchus palpebrosus).

Authors: Vasconcelos, B. D. Camurugi, F. Mudrek, J. R. et al.

Source: Journal of Zoology. Jan2025, Vol. 325 Issue 1, p36-48. 13p.

Subject Terms: *GENE flow, *CROCODILIANS, *LANDSCAPES, *PHYLOGEOGRAPHY, *WATERSHEDS, *GENETIC variation, *CYTOCHROME b

Geographic Terms: SOUTH America

Fossil Crocodilians Grew Larger and Longer, and Lived Longer than Extant Crocodilians.

Authors: Hebert, Jake

Source: Creation Research Society Quarterly. Winter2025, Vol. 61 Issue 3, p172-188. 17p.

Subject Terms: *ANIMAL longevity, *CROCODILIANS, *SKELETOCHRONOLOGY, *BODY size, *LEGAL evidence, *LONGEVITY

Predation on Tamandua tetradactyla (Pilosa: Myrmecophagidae) by Caiman latirostris (Crocodylia: Alligatoridae) in a highly seasonal habitat in Central Brazil.

Authors: VASCONCELOS, Beatriz Diogo BRANDÃO, Reuber Albuquerque

Source: North-Western Journal of Zoology. Dec2022, Vol. 18 Issue 2, p218-221. 4p.

Subjects: Crocodilians, Food diaries, Predation, Seasons, Habitats, National parks & reserves

Geographic Terms: Brazil, South America

Conserving the Indian Mugger Crocodile: Policy, Practice and Future Pathways.

Authors: De, Kritish Dwivedi, Arvind Kumar

Source: Aquatic Conservation; Oct2025, Vol. 35 Issue 10, p1-5, 5p

Subject Terms: WILDLIFE management, NATURE conservation, CROCODILES, HABITAT destruction, POACHING, CROCODILIANS, COMMUNITY involvement, ENDANGERED species listing

Geographic Terms: INDIA

First record of Metriorhynchidae (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia) from the Lower Cretaceous of northeastern Italy: high-resolution biostratigraphy, morphological description and comparative pelagic taphonomy.

Authors: Mongiovì, Fabio Walter, Jules Denis Bizzarini, Fabrizio et al.

Source: Historical Biology; Oct2025, Vol. 37 Issue 10, p2284-2294, 11p

Subject Terms: CRETACEOUS Period, BIOSTRATIGRAPHY, CROCODILIANS, TAPHONOMY, MORPHOLOGY

Geographic Terms: ITALY, VENETO (Italy)

Genetic diversity of Tomistoma schlegelii in Malaysia using microsatellite and mitochondrial DNA markers.

Authors: Singh, Taranjeet Kaur Awtar Khoo, Gideon Maulud, Khairul Nizam Abdul et al.

Source: Scientific Reports; 10/2/2025, Vol. 15 Issue 1, p1-15, 15p

Subject Terms: GENETIC variation, MITOCHONDRIAL DNA, MICROSATELLITE repeats, POPULATION dynamics, WILDLIFE recovery, CROCODILIANS, CONSERVATION biology

Geographic Terms: MALAYSIA

Ancient croc may have dined on dinosaurs.

Authors: Woodford, James (AUTHOR)

Source: New Scientist. 9/6/2025, Vol. 267 Issue 3559, p14-14. 1/2p. 1 Color Photograph.

Subject Terms: *CROCODILIANS, *CARNIVOROUS animals, *PREDATION, *MASS extinctions, *ANATOMICAL variation, *FOSSILS

An updated taxonomic revision of the species of Mourasuchus (Alligatoroidea, Caimaninae).

Authors: Cidade, Giovanne M. Hsiou, Annie Schmaltz

Source: Historical Biology. Dec2024, Vol. 36 Issue 12, p2677-2684. 8p.

Subject Terms: *CENOZOIC Era, *CROCODILIANS, *PRICES, *MIOCENE Epoch, *SKULL

Revisiting the aerobic capacity of Notosuchia (Crocodyliformes, Mesoeucrocodylia).

Authors: SENA, MARIANA V. A. MONTEFELTRO, FELIPE C. MARINHO, THIAGO S. et al.

Source: Lethaia. Nov2024, Vol. 57 Issue 4, p1-8. 8p.

Subject Terms: *AEROBIC capacity, *CROCODILIANS, *PHYLOGENY, *LIFE sciences, *OXYGEN consumption