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Eosuchia
These had 2 large holes on each side of a diapsid (condition of reptilian skulls, 2 fenestrae (openings behind the orbit) type skull. Eosuchians include the Lepidosaurs, the earliest, most primitive members of the lizard-like reptiles.
The skull of Eosuchians are of diapsid type, having 2 holes on each side of the skull. They include the earliest and most primitive of the Lepidosaurs, lizard-like reptiles.
Kadimakara australiensis Lower Triassic, Arcadia Formation, the Crater, Queensland
Kalisuchus rewanensis Lower Triassic Arcadia Formation, the Crater, Queensland
Dinosaurs of Australia and New Zealand, John A. Long, UNSW Press, 1998
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