Crurotarsi
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https://term.museum-digital.de/md-de/tag/91703
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- "Crurotarsi is a group of archosauriform reptiles that includes the archosaurs (represented today by birds and crocodilians) and the extinct, crocodile-like phytosaurs. Prior to 2011, the name had instead been used to refer to archosaurs closer to crocodilians than to birds and other dinosaurs. Another common term for croc-line archosaurs is Pseudosuchia. The pre-2011 definition of Crurotarsi assumed that phytosaurs were closer to crocodilians than to birds. However, a 2011 study argued that phytosaurs were not crown-archosaurs (i.e. their lineage evolved prior to the split between bird-line and croc-line archosaurs). Crurotarsi was redefined to pertain to a larger group which included Phytosauria and Archosauria (true crown-archosaurs)." - (en.wikipedia.org 25.12.2020)
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