The Forgotten Archosaurs

I'm back! The Forgotten Archosaurs is not forgotten! I'm making some changes, but I'm working on making this an active blog once more. Things to look forward to in the coming months: guest post...

http://forgottenarchosaurs.blogspot.com/2016/10/not-forgotten.html

Desmatosuchus encounters Postosuchus. Artwork by Douglas Henderson in Dawn of the Dinosaurs: Life in the Triassic by Nicholas Fraser (Plate 7.5A) Postosuchus is often depicted preying on ...

http://forgottenarchosaurs.blogspot.com/2012/10/who-was-eating-aetosaurs.html

Li et al presented on this new poposaur at last year's SVP (as I discuss here ) but I'm very excited to finally see the paper, giving it a name with a full description and phylogenetic analysis. ...

http://forgottenarchosaurs.blogspot.com/2012/08/new-from-jvp-new-poposaur-and.html

Phytosaurs may not be crown group archosaurs (according to Nesbitt 2011), but they are definitely important in archosaur evolutionary history as well as Triassic ecology. Stocker's new paper incr...

http://forgottenarchosaurs.blogspot.com/2012/07/phytosaurs-some-are-real-and-some-are.html

Several papers regarding Triassic archosaurs have come out recently. The first is a re-evaluation of Proterochamspia, including genera (specifically Proterochamspa) within the clade and a look a...

http://forgottenarchosaurs.blogspot.com/2012/07/recent-papers-on-triassic-archosaurs.html

In field paleontology, one of the most important things you do once you find bone is create a proper field jacket. Jeff Martz recently created a nice little cartoon that describes the typical...

http://forgottenarchosaurs.blogspot.com/2012/07/revueltosaurus-quarry-evolution-of.html

I have once again arrived at Petrified Forest National Park (PEFO) for the summer, doing paleontological field work with Bill Parker and several others. This year, we will be prospecting the new ...

http://forgottenarchosaurs.blogspot.com/2012/06/summer-at-petrified-forest-national.html

  Last week, I got a chance to visit the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences . Next fall, I will be joining the NC State Biology Department as a grad student and a lot of my research wi...

http://forgottenarchosaurs.blogspot.com/2012/03/ncmns-visit.html

  "Shieldcroc" (aka. Aegisuchus witmeri gen. et sp. nov.) has just been published by Casey Holiday and Nick Gardner at PLoS One. The large (approx. 2-3 meter skull, 15-22 meter body) eusuchia...

http://forgottenarchosaurs.blogspot.com/2012/02/shiel-croc-aegisuchus.html

Julia B. Desojo, Martin D. Ezcurra, and  Edio E. Kischlat. 2012. "A new aetosaur genus (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia) from the early Late Triassic of southern Brazil" Zootaxa 3166: 1–33 ABSTRAC...

http://forgottenarchosaurs.blogspot.com/2012/01/new-aetosaur.html

It seems the special issue of the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, "1st Symposium on the Evolution of Crocodyliforms ", has finally appeared online. It introduces several new specie...

http://forgottenarchosaurs.blogspot.com/2012/01/first-symposium-on-evolution-of.html

The first new croc of 2012 - Borealosuchus threeensis. Yes, that's three-ensis, so named because it was found near exit 3 of the New Jersey turnpike. Christopher A. Brochu, David C. Parris, Barb...

http://forgottenarchosaurs.blogspot.com/2012/01/new-jersey-borealosuchus.html

Each year, thanks to the hard work of a lot of great paleontologists, we get to add some new members to our favorite clade. In 2011, a total of  9 11 crurotarsans were named (and by this I mean ...

http://forgottenarchosaurs.blogspot.com/2011/12/year-in-crocs.html

Oops! Looks like I forgot to post my summaries of  the remaining 8 crurotarsan-themed abstracts from this year's SVP. In my defense though, several of them were focused on making inferences abou...

http://forgottenarchosaurs.blogspot.com/2011/12/svp-2011-roundup-american-alligator.html

Young, M. T., Bell, M. A., De Andrade, M. B. and Brusatte, S. L.. 2011. "Body size estimation and evolution in metriorhynchid crocodylomorphs: implications for species diversification and niche p...

http://forgottenarchosaurs.blogspot.com/2011/11/metriorhynchid-body-size.html

Stephan Lautenschlager and Julia Brenda Desojo. 2011. "Reassessment of the Middle Triassic rauisuchian archosaurs Ticinosuchus ferox and Stagonosuchus nyassicus." Paläontologische Zeitschrift 85...

http://forgottenarchosaurs.blogspot.com/2011/11/reassessment-of-some-middle-triassic.html

Emma R. Schachner, Phillip L. Manning, and Peter Dodson. 2011. "Pelvic and hindlimb myology of the basal archosaur Poposaurus gracilis (archosauria: Poposauroidea)" Journal of Morphology 272 (12)...

http://forgottenarchosaurs.blogspot.com/2011/11/pelvic-and-hindlimb-myology-in.html

Crocodylomorph Morphology and Systematics (in order of presentation) Talks "COMPARATIVE MORPHOMETRICS AND PHYLOGENETIC PERSPECTIVES ON THE MORPHOSPACE OF THE CROCODYLIFORM SKULL." Wilberg, E. p...

http://forgottenarchosaurs.blogspot.com/2011/11/svp-2011-roundup-crocodylomorph-edition_20.html

Mark T. Young, Mark A. Bell and Stephen L. Brusatte. 2011. "Craniofacial form and function in Metriorhynchidae (Crocodylomorpha: Thalattosuchia): modelling phenotypic evolution with maximum-likel...

http://forgottenarchosaurs.blogspot.com/2011/11/form-and-function-in-metriorhychid.html

New Crocodylomorph Species and Specimens (in order of presentation) Talks " A NEW BASAL CROCODYLOMORPH FROM THE LATE JURASSIC OF PATAGONIA AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE EVOLUTION OF THE CROCODYL...

http://forgottenarchosaurs.blogspot.com/2011/11/svp-2011-roundup-crocodylomorph-edition_16.html

General Crocodylomorph Ecology and Evolution (in order of presentation) Talks "CAMPANIAN CROCODYLIFORMS OF LARAMIDIA: NEW INSIGHTS FROM THE KAIPAROWITS BASIN OF SOUTHERN UTAH." Irmis, R., Serti...

http://forgottenarchosaurs.blogspot.com/2011/11/svp-2011-roundup-crocodylomorph-edition.html

Talks "A NEW ARCHOSAUR (DIAPSIDA: ARCHOSAURIFORMES) FROM THE MARINE TRIASSIC OF CHINA." Wu, X., Li, C., Zhao, L., Sato, T., and Wang, L. a new, nearly complete (except for some of the tail) crur...

http://forgottenarchosaurs.blogspot.com/2011/11/svp-2011-roundup-triassic.html

Fabiano V. Ioria and Ismar S. Carvalhoa. 2011. "Caipirasuchus paulistanus, a new sphagesaurid (Crocodylomorpha, Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Adamantina Formation (Upper Cretaceous, Turonian–Santo...

http://forgottenarchosaurs.blogspot.com/2011/11/new-upper-cretaceous-sphagesaurid.html

Jennifer Botha-Brink and Roger M. H. Smith. 2011. "Osteohistology of the Triassic archosauromorphs Prolacerta, Proterosuchus, Euparkeria, and Erythrosuchus from the Karoo Basin of South Africa." ...

http://forgottenarchosaurs.blogspot.com/2011/11/osteohistology-of-triassic.html

Archosauromorphs and General Archosaur Evolution  (in order of presentation) Talks "ARCHOSAUROMORPH BONE HISTOLOGY REVEALS EARLY EVOLUTION OF ELEVATED GROWTH AND METABOLIC RATES." Werning, S...

http://forgottenarchosaurs.blogspot.com/2011/11/svp-2011-roundup-archosauromorph.html