Archosauria

Biology Encyclopedia	Archosauria Cope, 1869 “ruling lizards”
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Archosaurs

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Ancestral Phylogeny and Taxonomy

Sauria	Lepidosauromorpha	†Sauropterygia
		Lepidosauriformes	†Eolacertilia
			Lepidosauria
	Archosauromorpha	†Trilophosauria
		†Rhynchosauria
		†Prolacertiformes
		†Choristodera
		Archosauriformes	†Proterosuchus
			†Euparkeria
			Archosauria
	†Thalattosauriformes

Explanation of phylogenetic trees

Lineage

Terrabiota, Cytota, Neomura, Eukaryota, Unikonta, Opisthokonta, Animalia, Metazoa, Eumetazoa, Bilateria, Deuterostomia, Cyrtotreta, Chordata, Notochordata, Vertebrata, Gnathostomata,, Teleostomi, Euteleostomi, Sarcopterygii, Tetrapodomorpha, Tetrapoda, Reptilomorpha, Cotylosauria, Amniota, Sauropsida, Diapsida, Neodiapsida, Sauria, Archosauromorpha, Archosauriformes

Descendant Phylogeny and Taxonomy

Archosauria	Crurotarsi	†Doswellia kaltenbachi
		Crocodylotarsi	†Phytosauria
			Suchia	†Prestosuchidae
				Rauisuchiformes	†Aetosauria
					Rauisuchia	†Rausuchidae
						Paracrocodylomorpha	†Gracilisuchus stipanicicorum
							†Poposauridae
							Bathyotica	†Erpetosuchus granti
								Crocodylomorpha
	Ornithodira	†Pterosauromorpha
			†Pterosauria
		Dinosauromorpha	†Lagerpeton canarensis
			Dinosauriformes	†Marasuchus lilloensis
					†Pseudolagosuchus major
						†Silesaurus opolensis
							†Eucoelophysis baldwini
							†Herrarasauria
							Dinosauria

Explanation of phylogenetic trees

Morphology

Distribution

Ecology

Ethology

Evolution

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Ethnobiology

Population

Notes and Comments

References

Literature

Ezcurra, M.D. (2006). "A review of the systematic position of the dinosauriform archosaur Eucoelophysis baldwini Sullivan & Lucas, 1999 from the Upper Triassic of New Mexico, USA." Geodiversitas, 28(4):649-684.

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