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This taxon is represented by cranial remains, which consist of partial snout and palatal remains; an excellently preserved posterior region of the skull; and isolated postcranial remains. The skull of the only specimen of the monotypic <jats:italic>Almadasuchus<\/jats:italic> was restudied using high\u2010resolution computed micro tomography. <jats:italic>Almadasuchus<\/jats:italic> has an apomorphic condition in its skull shared with the closest relatives of crocodyliforms (i.e. hallopodids) where the quadrates are sutured to the laterosphenoids and the otoccipital contacts the quadrate posterolaterally, reorganizing the exit of several cranial nerves (e.g. vagus foramen) and the entry of blood vessels (e.g. internal carotids) on the occipital surface of the skull. The endocast is tubular, as previously reported in thalattosuchians, but has a marked posterior step, and a strongly projected floccular recess as in other basal crocodylomorphs. Internally, the skull of <jats:italic>Almadasuchus<\/jats:italic> is heavily pneumatized, where different air cavities invade the bones of the suspensorium and braincase, both on its dorsal or ventral parts. <jats:italic>Almadasuchus<\/jats:italic> has a large basioccipital recess, which is formed by cavities that excavate the basioccipital and the posterior surface of the basisphenoid, and unlike other crocodylomorphs is connected with the basisphenoid pneumatizations. Ventral to the otic capsule, a pneumatic cavity surrounded by the otoccipital and basisphenoid is identified as the rhomboidal recess. The quadrate of <jats:italic>Almadasuchus<\/jats:italic> is highly pneumatized, being completely hollow, and the dorsal pneumatizations of the braincase are formed by the mastoid and facial antra, and a laterosphenoid cavity (trigeminal diverticulum). To better understand the origins of pneumatic features in living crocodylomorphs we studied cranial pneumaticity in the basal members of Crocodylomorpha and found that: (a) prootic pneumaticity may be a synapomorphy for the whole clade; (b) basisphenoid pneumaticity (pre\u2010, postcarotid and rostral recesses) is a derived feature among basal crocodylomorphs; (c) quadrate pneumatization is acquired later in the history of the group; and (d) the rhomboidal sinus is a shared derived trait of hallopodids and crocodyliforms. The marine thallatosuchians exhibit a reduction of the pneumaticity of the braincase and this reduction is evaluated considering the two phylogenetic positions proposed for the clade.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1111\/joa.13171","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,3,30]],"date-time":"2020-03-30T14:15:20Z","timestamp":1585577720000},"page":"48-73","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":36,"title":["Braincase anatomy of <i>Almadasuchus figarii<\/i> (Archosauria, Crocodylomorpha) and a review of the cranial pneumaticity in the origins of Crocodylomorpha"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"237","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3687-7958","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Juan Mart\u00edn","family":"Leardi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Instituto de Estudios Andinos 'Don Pablo Groeber' (IDEAN) Departamento de Ciencias Geol\u00f3gicas Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales CONICET 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