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SuperCroc
Information on the crocodile Sarchosuchus imperator with interactive games and movie clips.
http://www.supercroc.org/
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Fossil Amphibians, Reptiles and Birds
Information on these fossils from the American Museum of Natural History with a gallery of fossil images.
http://paleo.amnh.org/Collections/FARB/FARBColl.htm
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Transitional Vertebrate Fossils FAQ
Provides a discussion on the explanation for the gaps that exist in the fossil record between different groups of vertebrates.
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/faq-transitional/part1a.html#amph1
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Laboratory for Environmental Biology: Vertebrate Paleobiology
Provides information on the collection of over 70,000 Pleistocene fossils at the Centennial Museum, primarily from New Mexican cave faunas, with a checklist of Late Pleistocene fossil taxa from the El Paso region.
http://www.utep.edu/LEB/collect/paleo/paleo.htm
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Turtles: Business as Usual
Article on turtles which were the most abundant and diverse reptiles in Paleocene faunas with about 50 genera known from Paleocene sediments.
http://www.paleocene-mammals.de/turtles.htm
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American Museum of Natural History: Proganochelys
Provides information on Proganochelys which is the most primitive turtle known, first appearing about 210 million years ago.
http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/expeditions/treasure_fossil/Fossils/Specimens/proganochelys.html
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The Archosauria
The great archosaur lineage includes crocodiles, dinosaurs, pterosaurs and many other diapsids. Information on their fossil record, life history, ecology, systematics and morphology.
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/diapsids/archosauria.html
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Introduction to the Sphenodontidae
Provides information on the pleurosaurs and the Tuatara, the only species of sphenodontid alive today and little changed in appearance from the sphenodontids living 150 million years ago.
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/diapsids/lepidos/sphenodontidae.html
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Modern Forms: Basal Amniote Evolution
Diagram showing extinctions and diversifications of major groups of amniotes over time.
http://palaeo.gly.bris.ac.uk/Palaeofiles/Fossilgroups/dicynodontia/modern%20forms.html
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