Modern crocodylians—crocodiles, alligators, caiman (Central and South America), and gharials (India)—have evolved over 250 million years from a fully terrestrial, bipedal ancestor. Along with birds, crocodylians are the only living members of Archosauria, the group including nonavian dinosaurs.

Ruling Reptiles features contributions on a broad range of topics surrounding crocodylian evolution and biology including osteology, osteohistology, developmental biology, myology, odontology, functional morphology, allometry, body size estimation, taphonomy, parasitology, ecology, thermophysiology, and ichnology. It demonstrates how the wide variety of these studies can also provide crucial insights into dinosaurian biology and evolution.

Featuring the latest findings and interpretations, Ruling Reptiles: Crocodylian Biology and Archosaur Paleobiology is an essential resource for zoologists, biologists, and paleontologists.

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1. Ruth M. Elsey and Alligators: An Appreciation
2. Three-Dimensional Developmental Anatomical Atlas of the Crocodylus niloticus Skeleton
3. The Hyolingual Apparatus of Crocodylians: Functional Anatomy and Evolutionary History
4. Ontogenetic Changes in the Cross-Sectional Geometry and Deltopectoral Crest of the Humerus in Alligator mississippiensis
5. A Detailed Anatomical Study of M. Caudofemoralis Longus in Alligator mississippiensis
6. Bridging the Gap between Fossils and Genes in Archosaurs: Molecular Backbone of Dinosaur Necks
7. Symbiotic Associations in Crocodylians: Present, Past, and Future
8. Estimating Total Length from Tooth Size in Alligator mississippiensis
9. Taphonomic Approaches to Bite-Mark Analyses in the Fossil Record and Applications to Archosaurian Paleobiology
10. Analysis of Fossil Crocodylian Teeth as a Potential Indicator of Past Nesting Sites or Juvenile Refugia: A Test Case from the Miocene of Panama
11. Tales of Long Faces: Piscivorous Archosauriformes and the Evolutionary Ways to Form a Fisher
12. How the Study of Crocodylian Teeth Influences Our Understanding of Dental Development, Replacement, and Evolution in Dinosaurs
13. Stable Isotopic Analyses of Living and Extinct Crocodylians: Implications for Understanding Their Ecology, Environments, and Physiology
14. Skeletal Tissues of Crocodylians: Evolutionary Insights for the Biology of Non-avian Dinosaurs and Other Extinct Archosaurs
15. Mapping Histovariability and Growth Patterns of Crocodylus niloticus Bred in Captivity and Their Paleobiological Implications
16. Alligator Allometry, Osteohistological Correlates, and Paleobiological Applications
17. Modeling Gigantothermy Endorses the Whole-Body Tachymetabolic Endothermy of Ichthyosaurs, Mosasaurs, and Plesiosaurs (Sauropsida)
18. Physiology and Anatomy of Extant Crocodiles as Windows to Pseudosuchian Evolution
19. Alligators, Crocodiles, and Chirotheres: Within-Taxon and Across-Taxon Variability in Ichnologically Relevant Autopodial and Other Body Proportions
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