Skull sinuses precluded extinct crocodile relatives from cetacean-style deep diving as they transitioned from land to sea.

Autor: Young MT; School of GeoSciences, Grant Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FE, UK.; LWL-Museum für Naturkunde, Sentruper Straße 285, Münster 48161, Germany.; School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK., Schwab JA; School of GeoSciences, Grant Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FE, UK.; Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester, Williamson Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK., Dufeau D; College of Osteopathic Medicine, Marian University, Indianapolis, IN, USA., Racicot RA; Department of Messel Research and Mammalogy, Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum, Senckenberganlage 25, Frankfurt am Main 60325, Germany., Cowgill T; School of GeoSciences, Grant Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FE, UK., Bowman CIW; School of GeoSciences, Grant Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FE, UK., Witmer LM; Department of Biomedical Sciences, Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA., Herrera Y; CONICET, División Paleontología Vertebrados, Unidades de Investigación Anexo Museo, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, UNLP, La Plata, Argentina., Higgins R; School of GeoSciences, Grant Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FE, UK., Zanno L; Paleontology, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, NC, USA.; Department of Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University, 100 Brooks Avenue, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA., Xing X; Centre for Vertebrate Evolutionary Biology, Yunnan University, Kunming 650031, People's Republic of China.; Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology & Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100044, People's Republic of China., Clark J; Department of Biological Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA., Brusatte SL; School of GeoSciences, Grant Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FE, UK.; Department of Natural Sciences, National Museums Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh, UK.

Publikováno v: Royal Society open science [R Soc Open Sci] 2024 Oct 30; Vol. 11 (10), pp. 241272. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Oct 30 (Print Publication: 2024).

Rostral neurovasculature indicates sensory trade-offs in Mesozoic pelagic crocodylomorphs.

Autor: Bowman CIW; School of GeoSciences, Grant Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK., Young MT; School of GeoSciences, Grant Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK., Schwab JA; School of GeoSciences, Grant Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK., Walsh S; Department of Natural Sciences, National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK., Witmer LM; Department of Biomedical Sciences, Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Ohio Center for Ecology and Evolutionary Studies, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio., Herrera Y; Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, División Paleontología Vertebrados, Museo de La Plata, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina., Choiniere J; Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa., Dollman KN; Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa., Brusatte SL; School of GeoSciences, Grant Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.

Publikováno v: Anatomical record (Hoboken, N.J. : 2007) [Anat Rec (Hoboken)] 2022 Oct; Vol. 305 (10), pp. 2654-2669. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Aug 24.