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Archosaur - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Archosaurs are a group of diapsid amniotes whose living representatives consist of birds and crocodilians. This group also includes all extinct dinosaurs, extinct crocodilian relatives, and pterosaurs. Archosauria, the archosaur clade, is a crown group that includes the most recent common ancestor of living birds and crocodilians.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archosaur
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Ornithosuchidae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ornithosuchidae is an extinct family of reptiles from the Triassic period that were distantly related to crocodilians. They are classified as crurotarsan archosaurs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ornithosuchidae
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Pseudosuchia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pseudosuchia ("false crocodiles") is one of two major divisions of Archosauria and includes living crocodilians and all archosaurs more closely related to crocodilians than to birds (what are often called "crocodilian-line archosaurs").
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudosuchia
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A Complete, A to Z List of Archosaurs, Therapsids, and Other Prehistoric Reptiles
Profiles of the prehistoric reptiles--including archosaurs, pelycosaurs, therapsids, crocodiles, snakes and turtles--that preceded or lived alongside the dinosaurs.
http://dinosaurs.about.com/od/predinosaurreptiles/
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Archosaur Facts for Kids - KidzSearch
Archosaurs are a large group of reptiles, including all crocodiles, birds, dinosaurs, and pterosaurs (flying reptiles). There are also a number of smaller extinct groups, mostly from the Triassic period.
http://www.kidzsearch.com/wiki/Archosaur
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When Archosaurs Attacked and Reptiles Ruled Texas
Earthwatch volunteers in Texas joined paleontologists to excavate a remarkable collection of Cretaceous fossils, including remains of dinosaurs and sea life.
http://earthwatch.org/expeditions/when-archosaurs-attacked-and-reptiles-ruled-texas
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Hot News From Planet Archosaur - Scientific American Blog Network
Fossil hominins, weird extinct lizards and archaic turtles are all very nice but, let's be honest: when we talk about fossil tetrapods, the things we talk about the most are archosaurs... dinosaurs and their ilk in particular.
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoology/hot-news-from-planet-archosaur/
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Archosaur - The Free Dictionary
Any of various vertebrates of the group Archosauria, having a single opening in each side of the skull in front of the eye socket, and including the dinosaurs, birds, pterosaurs, and modern crocodilians.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Archosaurs
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Before the Dinosaurs - Pelycosaurs, Archosaurs and Therapsids - About
Dinosaurs weren't the first four-legged reptiles to prosper on land. The Carboniferous and Permian periods witnessed a large variety of "primitive" terrestrial reptiles, the pelycosaurs, archosaurs and therapsids, many of which had surprisingly advanced features.
http://dinosaurs.about.com/od/otherprehistoriclife/a/beforedinos_2.htm
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Archosaur - Reptile Subclass - Britannica
Archosaur (subclass Archosauria), any of various reptiles, including all crocodiles and birds and all descendants of their most recent common ancestor.
http://www.britannica.com/animal/archosaur
