Humeral morphology of the early Eocene mekosuchine crocodylian Kambara from the Tingamarra Local Fauna southeastern Queensland, Australia

References

• Archer , M. , Murray , P. , Hand , S. and Godthelp , H. 1993 . “ Reconsideration of monotreme relationships based on the skull and dentition of the Miocene Obdurodon dicksoni ” . In Mammalian Phylogeny, Vol. 1. , Edited by: Szalay , F. , Novacek , M. and McKenna , M. 75 – 94 . New York : Springer .
   Google Scholar
• Balouet , J. C. and Buffetaut , E. 1987 . Mekosuchus inexpectatus n. g. n. sp. Crocodilian nouveau de l’Holocene be Nouvelle Caledonie . Les Comptes Rendus de l’Académie des sciences , 304 : 853 – 857 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Boles , W. E. , Godthelp , H. , Hand , S. and Archer , M. 1994 . Earliest Australian nonmarine bird assemblage from the early Eocene Tingamurra Local Fauna, Murgon, southeastern Queensland . Alcheringa , 18 : 70.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Brochu , C. A. 1995 . Heterochrony in the crocodylian scapulocoracoid . Journal of Herpetology , 29 : 464 – 468 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Brochu , C. A. 1996 . Closure of neurocentral sutures during crocodilian ontogeny: Implications for maturity assessment in fossil archosaurs . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology , 16 : 49 – 62 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Brochu , C. A. 2003 . Phylogenetic approaches toward crocodylian history . Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences , 31 : 357 – 397 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Buchanan , L. A. 2009 . Kambara taraina sp. nov. (Crocodylia, Crocodyloidea), a new Eocene mekosuchine from Queensland, Australia, and a revision of the genus . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology , 29 : 473 – 486 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Busbey , A. B. 1989 . Form and function of the feeding apparatus of Alligator mississippiensis . Journal of Morphology , 202 : 99 – 127 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Busbey , A. B. 1995 . “ The structural consequences of skull flattening in crocodilians ” . In Functional Morphology in Vertebrate Paleontology , Edited by: Thomason , J. J. 173 – 192 . Cambridge : Cambridge University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Clark , J. M. , Xu , X. , Forster , C. A. and Wang , Y. 2004 . A Middle Jurassic ‘sphenosuchian’ from China and the origin of the crocodylian skull . Nature , 430 : 1021 – 1024 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• D’Amore , D. C. and Blumenschine , R. J. 2009 . Komodo monitor (Varanus komodoensis) feeding behaviour and dental function reflected through tooth marks on bone surfaces, and the application to ziphodont paleobiology . Paleobiology , 35 : 525 – 552 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• De Vis , C. W. 1886 . On the remains of an extinct saurian . Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland , 2 : 181 – 191 .
   Google Scholar
• Frey , E. and Salisbury , S. W. 2001 . “ The kinematics of aquatic locomtion in Osteolaemus tetraspis Cope ” . In Crocodilian Biology and Evolution , Edited by: Grigg , G. C. , Seebacher , F. and Franklin , C. E. 165 – 179 . Surrey Beatty & Sons, Chipping Norton .
   Google Scholar
• Fujiwara , S. , Taru , H. and Suzuki , D. 2010 . Shape of articular surface of crocodilian (Archosauria) elbow joints and its relevance to sauropsids . Journal of Morphology , 271 : 883 – 896 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Godthelp , H. , Archer , M. , Cifelli , R. , Hand , S. J. and Gilkeson , C. F. 1992 . Earliest known Australian Tertiary mammal fauna . Nature , 356 : 514 – 516 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hand , S. , Novacek , M. , Godthelp , H. and Archer , M. 1994 . First Eocene bat from Australia . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology , 14 : 375 – 381 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Holt , T. R. , Salisbury , S. W. and Willis , P. M.A. 2005 . A new species of mekosuchine crocodilian from the middle Palaeogene Rundle Formation, central Queensland . Memoirs of the Queensland Museum , 50 : 207 – 218 .
   Google Scholar
• Hutchison , J. H. 1982 . Turtle, crocodilian, and champsosaur diversity changes in the Cenozoic of the north-central region of western United-States . Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology , 37 : 149 – 164 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Iordansky , N. N. 1973 . “ The skull of the Crocodilia ” . In Biology of the Reptilia , Edited by: Gans , C. 201 – 262 . New York : Academic Press .
   Google Scholar
• Kardong , K. V. 2006 . Vertebrates: comparative anatomy function and evolution , 365 – 383 . New York : McGraw-Hill .
   Google Scholar
• Kley , N. J. , Sertich , J. J.W. , Turner , A. H. , Krause , D. W. , O’Connor , P. M. and Georgi , J. A. 2010 . Craniofacial morphology of Simosuchus clarki (Crocodyliformes: Notosuchia) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology , 30 : 13 – 98 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Langston , W. 1973 . “ The crocodilian skull in historical perspective ” . In Biology of the Reptilia , Edited by: Gans , C. 263 – 289 . New York : Academic Press .
   Google Scholar
• Markwick , P. J. 1998a . Crocodilian diversity in space and time: the role of climate in paleoecology and its implication for understanding K/T extinctions . Paleobiology , 24 : 470 – 497 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Markwick , P. J. 1998b . Fossil crocodilians as indicators of Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic climates: implications for using palaeontological data in reconstructing palaeoclimate . Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology , 137 : 205 – 271 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• McHenry , C. R. , Clausen , P. D. , Daniel , W. J.T. , Meers , M. B. and Pendharkar , A. 2006 . Biomechanics of the rostrum in crocodilians: a comparative analysis using finite-element modelling . Anatomical Record Part A—Discoveries in Molecular Cellular and Evolutionary Biology , 288 : 827 – 849 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Meers , M. B. 2003 . Crocodylian forelimb musculature and its relevance to archosauria . Anatomical Record Part A—Discoveries in Molecular Cellular and Evolutionary Biology , 274A : 891 – 916 .
   Google Scholar
• Megirian , D. , Murray , P. F. and Willis , P. M.A. 1991 . A new crocodylian of the gavial ecomorph morphology from the Miocene of northern Australia . The Beagle: Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory , 8 : 135 – 158 .
   Google Scholar
• Meyer , E. R. 1984 . “ Crocodilians as living fossils ” . In Living Fossils , Edited by: Etheridge , N. and Stanley , S. M. 105 – 131 . New York : Academic Press .
   Google Scholar
• Molnar , R. E. 1981 . Pleistocene ziphodont crocodilians of Queensland . Records of the Australian Museum , 33 : 803 – 834 .
   Google Scholar
• Molnar , R. E. , Worthy , T. and Willis , P. M.A. 2002 . An extinct Pleistocene endemic mekosuchine crocodylian from Fiji . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology , 22 : 612 – 628 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• O’Connor , P. M. , Sertich , J. J.W. , Stevens , N. J. , Roberts , E. M. , Gottfried , M. D. , Hieronymus , T. L. , Jinnah , Z. A. , Ridgely , R. , Ngasala , S. E. and Temba , J. 2010 . The evolution of mammal-like crocodyliforms in the Cretaceous period of Gondwana . Nature , 466 : 748 – 751 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Pol , D. 2005 . Postcranial remains of Notosuchus terrestris Woodward (Archosauria: Crocodyliformes) from the Upper Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina . Ameghiniana , 42 : 21 – 38 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Pooley , A. C. and Gans , C. 1976 . The Nile crocodylian . Scientific American , 234 : 114 – 125 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Reilly , S. M. and Elias , J. A. 1998 . Locomotion in Alligator mississippiensis: kinematic effects of speed and posture and their relevance to the sprawling-to-erect paradigm . Journal of Experimental Biology , 201 : 2559 – 2574 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Riff , D. and Kellner , A. W.A. 2011 . Baurusuchid crocodyliforms as theropod mimics: clues from the skull and appendicular morphology of Stratiotosuchus maxhechti (Upper Cretaceous of Brazil) . Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society , 163 : 37 – 56 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Rossmann , T. 2000 . Studies on Cenozoic crocodilians: 5. Biomechanical investigation on the postcranial skeleton of the Palaeogene crocodylian Pristichampsus rollinatii (Eusuchia: Pristichampsidae) . Neues Jahrbuch Fur Geologie Und Palaontologie – Abhandlungen , 217 : 289 – 330 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Salisbury , S. W. 1994 . Interspecific variation, palaeoecology and phylogenetic relationships of early Eocene crocodylids from Murgon, southeastern Queensland. BSc Hons dissertation , 44(unpublished) Sydney : University of New South Wales .
   Google Scholar
• Salisbury , S. W. and Willis , P. M.A. 1996 . A new crocodylian from the early Eocene of south-eastern Queensland and a preliminary investigation of the phylogenetic relationships of crocodyloids . Alcheringa , 20 : 179 – 226 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Salisbury , S. W. , Frey , E. , Martill , D. M. and Buchy , M. 2003 . A new crocodilian from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of north-eastern Brazil . Palaeontographica A , 270 : 3 – 47 .
   Google Scholar
• Salisbury , S. W. , Holt , T. , Worthy , T. H. , Sand , C. and Anderson , A. 2010 . New material of Mekosuchus inexpectatus (Crocodylia: Mekosuchinae) from the late Quaternary of New Caledonia, and the phylogenetic relationships of Australasian Cenozoic crocodylians . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology , 30 : 155A
   Google Scholar
• Scanlon , J. D. 1993 . Madtsoiid snakes from the Eocene Tingamarra Fauna of eastern Queensland . Kaupia: Darmstadter Beitrage zur Naturgeschichte , 3 : 3 – 8 .
   Google Scholar
• Sereno , P. C. and Larsson , H. C.E. 2009 . Cretaceous crocodyliforms from the Sahara . ZooKeys , 28 : 1 – 143 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sertich , J. J.W. and Groenke , J. R. 2010 . Appendicular skeleton of Simosuchus clarki (Crocodyliformes: Notosuchia) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology , 30 : 122 – 153 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sige , B. , Archer , M. , Crochet , J. Y. , Godthelp , H. , Hand , S. and Beck , R. 2009 . Chulpasia and Thylacotinga, late Paleocene–earliest Eocene trans-Antarctic Gondwanan bunodont marsupials: New data from Australia . Geobios , 42 : 813 – 823 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Van Drongelen , W. and Dullemeijer , P. 1982 . The feeding apparatus of Caiman crocodilus; a functional-morphological study . Anatomischer Anzeiger , 151 : 337 – 366 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Willis , P. M.A. 1986 . Evolution and phylogeny of Crocodilia with a review of fossil Australian crocodilians. M.Sc. dissertation , 61 Sydney : University of New South Wales .
   Google Scholar
• Willis , P. M.A. 1993 . Triliphosuchus rackhami, gen. et sp. nov., a new crocodilian from the early Miocene limestones of Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology , 13 : 90 – 98 .
   Google Scholar
• Willis , P. M.A. 1995 . Phylogenetic systematics of Australian crocodilians. PhD dissertation , 276 Sydney : University of New South Wales .
   Google Scholar
• Willis , P. M.A. 1997 . Review of fossil crocodilians from Australasia . Australian Zoologist , 30 : 287 – 298 .
   Google Scholar
• Willis , P. M.A. and Archer , M. 1990 . A Pleistocene longirostrine crocodilian from Riversleigh: first fossil occurrence of Crocodylus johnstoni . Memoirs of the Queensland Museum , 28 : 159 – 163 .
   Google Scholar
• Willis , P. M.A. and Molnar , R. E. 1991 . A new middle Tertiary crocodylian from Lake Palakarinna, South Australia . Records of the South Australian Museum , 25 : 39 – 55 .
   Google Scholar
• Willis , P. M.A. , Molnar , R. E. and Scanlon , J. D. 1993 . An early Eocene crocodilian from Murgon, southeastern Queensland . Kaupia: Darmstadter Beitrage zur Naturgeschichte , 3 : 25 – 32 .
   Google Scholar
• Wroe , S. 2002 . A review of terrestrial mammalian and reptilian carnivore ecology in Australian fossil faunas, and factors influencing their diversity: the myth of reptilian domination and its broader ramifications . Australian Journal of Zoology , 50 : 1 – 24 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wu , X. C. and Sues , H. D. 1996 . Anatomy and phylogenetic relationships of Chimaerasuchus paradoxus, an unusual crocodyliform reptile from the Lower Cretaceous of Hubei, China . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology , 16 : 688 – 702 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wu , X. C. , Russell , A. P. and Cumbaa , S. L. 2001 . Terminonaris (Archosauria: Crocodyliformes): new material from Saskatchewan, Canada, and comments on its phylogenetic relationships . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology , 21 : 492 – 514 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Young , M. T. , Brusatte , S. L. , Ruta , M. and de Andrade , M. B. 2010 . The evolution of Metriorhynchoidea (Mesoeucrocodylia, Thalattosuchia): an integrated approach using geometric morphometrics, analysis of disparity, and biomechanics . Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society , 158 : 801 – 859 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar