Archosauromorph facts for kids

Archosauromorpha is a clade of diapsid reptiles containing all reptiles more closely related to archosaurs than to lepidosaurs.

Lepidosaurs include tuataras, lizards, and snakes.

Archosauromorphs include turtles, crocodiles, dinosaurs and birds.

Images for kids

An interaction between two archosauromorphs: Ornithosuchus ( a member of Archosauriformes) scavenging on Hyperodapedon (a rhynchosaur)
Shringasaurus, a horned allokotosaurian from the family Azendohsauridae.
The skeleton of Protorosaurus, one of the oldest archosauromorphs and namesake of the problematic group "Protorosauria"
Champsosaurus, a gharial-like choristodere which survived the Cretaceous-Paleocene extinction event. Choristoderes may represent the fifth group of archosauromorphs, but their origin is obscured.
The skull of Proterosuchus, an early archosauriform. Note the long rear branch of the downturned premaxilla and the L-shaped quadratojugal near the jaw joint.
Cervical vertebrae from Diplodocus, a sauropod dinosaur (Archosauriformes). As with other long-necked archosauromorphs, sauropods had a complex system of laminae on their vertebrae.