The Forgotten Archosaurs

Originating approximately 250 million years ago, the Archosauria ("Ruling Reptiles") became one of the most diverse and successful clades of vertebrates on earth. However, many of the amazing creatures that are a part of that diversity are often overshadowed by the poster children of the archosaurs - the dinosaurs. This blog looks at those often forgotten archosaurs, focusing especially on the croc-line, but occasionally looking at the bird-line and even outside of crown-group Archosauria.

Monday, February 7, 2011

New Poll

I have two feature posts in the works, both of which are Mesozoic crocodylomorphs. With that in mind and after reviewing my earlier posts, I thought it would be fun to get your opinions on your favorite crurotarsan clade, both for fun and so I can better gauge my readership, so check out the poll to the left and cast your vote. And of course, not every crurotarsan fits into the five clades I list, but it's just a poll. Also, since 4 out of 5 clades listed in the poll lived only in the Triassic, there may be some bias. I'll probably do a "crocodylomorph" poll and maybe even a "crown group" poll in the future.

Enjoy and stay tuned for those Mesozoic crocodylomorphs!

2 comments:

davidmaasFebruary 8, 2011 at 3:46 AM
where's the "all of the above" option?

Errmm... I'll go with Aetosaurs, because they're so weird.
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SusanFebruary 8, 2011 at 8:06 AM
Yeah, I usually like to add something like "all the above" or "other", but I'm making y'all choose this time :-)
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