Living Archosaurs
In our research the anatomical data from the living relatives of Triassic crocodiles and dinosaurs will help us estimate muscle function in these extinct animals.
The living relatives of Triassic crocodiles include: Nile crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus) and the living relatives of dinosaurs are birds including the Tinamous (Eudromia elegans); both of which we are looking at in our study.
Extinct Archosaurs
During our study we will use simulation tools to build musculoskeletal models of the following eleven Late Triassic archosaurs:
Euparkeria capensis
Typothorax coccinarum
Poposaurus gracilis
Batrachotomus kupferzellensis
Sphenosuchus acutus
Gracilisuchus stipanicicorum
Silesaurus opelensis
Marasuchus lilloensis
Heterodontosaurus tucki
Mussaurus patagonicus
Coelophysis bauri
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