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The Bibliography of Crocodilian Biology

Crocodilian Phylogenetics

The following page deals with the phylogenetic relationships within and among crocodyliforms, including the relationships of extant crocodilian species. Most of the references were provided by Chris Brochu , Univ. Texas at Austin, who studies the phylogenetic relationships of eusuchians. He will be providing a eusuchian contribution to the "Tree of Life" on the internet in the near future. Any questions regarding this listing should be sent to him at gator@mail.utexas.edu
Note: This is not intended to be all-inclusive, but rather representative of some important works.

Aggarwal, R.K., K.C. Majumdar, J.W. Lang, and L. Singh, 1994. Generic affinities among crocodilians as revealed by DNA fingerprinting with a Bkm-derived probe. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 91:10601-10605

Bauer, A.M. 1993. African-South American relationships: A perspective from the reptilia. pp. 244-288, In: Goldblatt, P. (Ed.) Biological relationships between Africa and South America; 37th Annual Systematics Symposium, St. Louis, Missouri, USA. October 4-6, 1990. ix+630p. Yale University Press: New Haven, Connecticut, USA; London, England, UK. ISBN 0-300-05375-4.

Benton, M.J., and J.M. Clark, 1988. Archosaur phylogeny and the relationships of the Crocodilia. The Phylogeny and Classification of the Tetrapods, vol. 1: Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds, ed. by M.J. Benton, Systematics Assoc. Sp. Vol. 35A, pp. 295-338.

Brooks, D.R., and R.T. OÕGrady, 1988. Crocodilians and their helminth parasites: macroevolutionary considerations. American Zoologist, 29:873-883.

Buffetaut, E., 1982. Radiation Žvolutive, palŽoŽcologie et biogŽographie des crocodiliens mŽsosuchiens. Mem. Soc. Geol. France (n.s.), 142:1-88.

Buffetaut, E., 1985. The place of Gavialis and Tomistoma in eusuchian evolution: a reconciliation of palaeontological and biochemical data. N. Jb. Geol. Paleont. Mon., 12:707-716.

Clark, J.M., 1986. Phylogenetic relationships of the crocodylomorph archosaurs. Unpub. Ph.D. dissertation, Univ. Chicago.

Clark, J.M., 1994. Patterns of evolution in Mesozoic Crocodyloformes. In the Shadow of the Dinosaurs, ed. by N.C. Fraser and H.D. Sues, Cambridge Unv. Press, New York, pp. 84-97.

Clark, J.M., and M.A. Norell, 1992. The Early Cretaceous crocodylomorph Hylaeochampsa vectiana from the Wealden of the Isle of Wight. Amer. Mus. Novitates, 3032:1-19.

Densmore, L.D., 1983. Biochemical and immunological systematics of the order Crocodylia. Evol. Bio., 15:397-465.

Densmore, L.D., and H.C. Dessauer, 1984. Low levels of protein divergence detected between Gavialis and Tomistoma: Evidence for crocodilian monophyly. Comp. Biochem. Phys., 77B(4):715-720.

Densmore, L.D., and R.D. Owen, 1989. Molecular systematics of the order Crocodilia. Am. Zool., 29:831-841.

Densmore, L.D., and P.S. White, 1991. The systematics and evolution of the Crocodilia as suggested by restriction endonuclease analysis of mitochondrial and nuclear ribosomal DNA. Copeia, 1991(3):602-615.

Dollo, L., 1883. Premi�re note sur les crocodiliens de Bernissart. Bulletin du MusŽe Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique, 2:309-338.

Gasparini, Z., L.M. Chiappe, and M. Fernandez, 1991. A new Senonian peirosaurid (Crocodylomorpha) from Argentina and a synopsis of the South American Cretaceous crocodilians. Jour. Vert. Paleo., 11(3):316-333.

Gatesy, J., and G.D. Amato, 1992. Sequence similarity of 12s ribosomal segment of mitochondrial DNAs of gharial and false gharial. Copeia, 1992(1):241-243.

Gatesy, J., R. DeSalle, and W. Wheeler, 1993. Alignment-ambiguous nucleotide sites and the exclusion of systematic data. Mol. Phyl. and Evol., 2:152-157.

Hass, C.A., M.A. Hoffman, L.D. Densmore, and L.R. Maxson, 1992. Crocodilian evolution: Insights from immunological data. Mol. Phyl. and Evol., 1(3):193-201.

Huxley, T.H., 1875. On Stagonolepis robertsoni, and on the evolution of the Crocodilia. Quart. Jour. Geo. Soc. London, 31:423-438.

Kalin, J.A., 1955b. Zur Stammesgeschichte der Crocodilia. Rev. Suisse Zool., 62:347-356.

Malone, B., 1979. The systematics, phylogeny and paleobiology of the genus Alligator. Unpub. Ph.D. dissertation, City Univ. New York.

Norell, M.A., 1988. Cladistic approaches to evolution and paleobiology as applied to the phylogeny of alligatorids. Unpub. Ph.D. dissertation, Yale Univ.

Norell, M. A., 1989. The higher level relationships of the extant Crocodylia. Jour. Herpetol., 23:325-335.

Norell, M.A., and J.M. Clark, 1990. A reanalysis of Bernissartia fagesii, with comments on its phylogenetic position and its bearing on the origin and diagnosis of the Eusuchia. Bull. l'Inst. Roy. Sci. Nat. Belgique (Sci. Terre), 60:115-128.

Norell, M.A., J.M. Clark, and J.H. Hutchison, 1994. The Late Cretaceous alligatoroid Brachychampsa montana (Crocodylia): New material and putative relationships. Amer. Mus. Novitates, 3116:1-26.

Poe, S., in press. Data set incongruence and the phylogeny of crocodilians. Syst. Bio.

Tarsitano, S.F., E. Frey and J. Riess, 1989. The evolution of the Crocodilia: A conflict between morphological and biochemical data. Am. Zool., 29:843-856.

Salisbury S. W., and P. M. A. Willis. in press. A new crocodylian from the early Eocene of southeastern Queensland and a preliminary investigation into the phylogenetic relationships of crocodyloids. Alcheringa.

Wermuth, H., 1952. Systematik der rezenten Krokodile. Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin, 29:375-514.

Willis, P.M.A., 1993. Trilophosuchus rackhami gen. et sp. nov., a new crocodilian from the early Miocene limestones of Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland. Jour. Vert. Paleo., 13(1):90-98.

Willis, P.M.A. 1994. The phylogenetic systematics of Australian crocodilians, their bearing on the biostratigraphic relationships of Oligo-Miocene sites at Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland and the wider biocorrelations of those deposits with other Australian Oligo-Miocene deposits. Riversleigh Symposium 1994: Program & Abstracts. University of New South Wales, Sydney. 11.

Willis, P.M.A. 1995. The Phylogenetic Systematics of Australian Crocodilians. PhD Thesis (unpublished). University of New South Wales, Sydney.

Wu, X.C., J.L. Li, and X.N. Ming, 1994. Phylogenetic relationship of Hsisosuchus. Vert. PalAs. 32:166-180.

Wu, X.C., and D.B. Brinkman, 1993. A new crocodylomorph of "mesosuchian" grade from the Upper Cretaceous Upper Milk River Formation, southern Alberta. Jour. Vert. Paleo., 13(2):153-160.

Wu, X.C., H.D. Sues, and A. Sun, 1995. A plant-eating crocodyloform reptile from the Cretaceous of China. Nature, 376:678-680.

Xu, Q., 1984. Some problems in evolution and distribution of Alligator. Vert. PalAs., 22:49-53.

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