New croc paper alert! 🐊🚨 In this new study led by my friend and colleague Thiago Fachini, we reassessed the cranial morphology and phylogenetic position of Barreirosuchus franciscoi, a peirosaurian from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil. anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... - ThreadSky

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pedrolgodoy.bsky.social • 87 days ago

New croc paper alert! 🐊🚨

In this new study led by my friend and colleague Thiago Fachini, we reassessed the cranial morphology and phylogenetic position of Barreirosuchus franciscoi, a peirosaurian from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil.

https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.25607

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pedrolgodoy.bsky.social•87 days ago

Barreirosuchus was collected some time ago, in rocks of the famous Adamantina Formation. A few years later, Iori & Garcia (2012) described the cranial and postcranial elements known for this taxon. In our new study, we focus on the cranial material, also using CT-scan data.

pedrolgodoy.bsky.social•87 days ago

Thiago did a fantastic job redescribing the material, comparing it with many other notosuchians. The CT scan also allowed us to reconstruct the endocast, providing valuable information for croc paleoneurology.

pedrolgodoy.bsky.social•87 days ago

Phylogenetically, we recovered Barreirosuchus within Itasuchidae, together with Itasuchus, Pepesuchus and others. It's worth mentioning that we followed the recently published phylogenetic nomenclature for Notosuchia, by Leardi et al. (2024).

pedrolgodoy.bsky.social•87 days ago

This paper is part of a special issue in @anatrecord.bsky.social
on pseudosuchians and we are thankful to editors and reviewers. Thanks also to our coauthors (Felipe and Max) and funding agencies (CNPq, CAPES, FAPESP, NSF, and DAAD)! And congrats Thiago!!

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