page_title: 2009 in archosaur paleontology
section_title: Crurotarsans
hierarchical_section_title: 2009 in archosaur paleontology / Crurotarsans
caption_attribution_description: English: Life restoration of Armadillosuchus arrudai. Based on figures 5 and 6 of "An armadillo-like sphagesaurid crocodyliform from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil" by Thiago S. Marinho and Ismar S. Carvalho Journal of South American Earth Sciences 27 (1): 36–41 as well as photographs of the mounted skeleton in a museum in Rio de Janeiro, which can be found here and here
context_page_description: The year 2009 in Archosaur paleontology was eventful. Archosaurs include the only living dinosaur group — birds — and the reptile crocodilians, plus all extinct dinosaurs, extinct crocodilian relatives, and pterosaurs. Archosaur paleontology is the scientific study of those animals, especially as they existed before the Holocene Epoch began about 11,700 years ago. The year 2009 in paleontology included various significant developments regarding archosaurs.
context_section_description: Delfino, M.; Smith, T. (2009). "A reassessment of the morphology and taxonomic status of 'Crocodylus' depressifrons Blainville, 1855 (Crocodylia, Crocodyloidea) based on the Early Eocene remains from Belgium". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 156 (1): 140–167. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00478.x.
caption: Armadillosuchus
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