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Archosauriformes is a clade of diapsid reptiles encompassing archosaurs and some of their close relatives. It was defined by Jacques Gauthier as the clade stemming from the last common ancestor of Pro
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Archosauria or archosaurs is a clade of diapsid sauropsid tetrapods, with birds and crocodilians being the only known extant representatives. Although broadly classified as reptiles, which traditional
Archosauriformes
…Archosauriformes (Greek for 'ruling lizards', and Latin for 'form') is a clade of diapsid reptiles encompassing archosaurs and some of their close relatives. It was defined by Jacques Gauthier (1994) as the clade stemming from the last common ancestor of Proterosuchidae and…
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Examples of pseudosuchians. Clockwise from top-left: Longosuchus meadei (an aetosaur), Gavialis gangeticus (a crocodilian), Saurosuchus galilei (a loricatan), Pedeticosaurus leviseuri (a sphenosuchian), Chenanisuchus lateroculi (a dyrosaurid), and Dakosaurus maximus (a thalattosuchian).
Examples of avemetatarsalians. Clockwise from top-left: Tupuxuara leonardi (a pterosaur), Alamosaurus sanjuanensis, (a sauropod), Tsintaosaurus spinorhinus (an ornithopod), Daspletosaurus torosus (a tyrannosaurid), Pentaceratops sternbergii (a ceratopsian), and Grus grus (a neornithian).
Chirotherium footprint in Triassic sediments