Despite being around for 200 million years, crocodiles are much the same today as they were in the past. Max Stockdale, a teaching associate of verteb… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/342752/why-have-crocodiles-changed-so-little…
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Ancient ‘swamp king’ monster croc once terrorized Australia
The ‘swamp king’ was over 16 feet long and much broader than modern-day crocodiles. Source: https://www.livescience.com/prehistoric-monster-crocodile-discovered.html
Dinosaur fossil with preserved genital orifice hints how they mated
The shape of the dinosaur’s cloaca, the orifice used for excretion and mating, resembles those of crocodiles, which suggests dinosaurs did have penises after all Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2258023-dinosaur-fossil-with-preserved-genital-orifice-hints-how-they-mated/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Did this mass extinction event trigger dawn of the dinosaurs?
New research suggests that a series of huge volcanic eruptions, 233 million years ago, led to a mass extinction event that heralded the dawn of the dinosaurs. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/mass-extinction-event-trigger-dawn-of-dinosaurs…
These ancient crocodiles walked on 2 legs like dinosaurs
Researchers suggest 110–120 million year old fossil footprints were made by ancient crocodiles that walked on 2 hind legs about the same length as adult human legs. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/ancient-crocodiles-walked-on-2-legs-fossil-footprints…
Huge crocodiles once ran around on two legs
Palaeontologists have discovered a prehistoric species of crocodile that walked on two legs instead of four. Dating back 120 million years to the Cret… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/337524/huge-crocodiles-once-ran-around-on-two-legs…
Ancient footprints could be from a crocodile that walked on two legs
Ancient footprints once thought to belong to a pterosaur may in fact have been made by an ancient relative of crocodiles that walked on two feet Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2245933-ancient-footprints-could-be-from-a-crocodile-that-walked-on-two-legs/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Powerful X-ray imaging reveals new details of dinosaur embryos in eggs
To look at dinosaur embryos entombed inside 200 million year old fossil eggs, scientists used powerful X-rays to create detailed images. They wanted to see how these embryos compared to those of modern-day dinosaur relatives. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/dinosaur-fossil-embryo-synchrotron-x-rays…
Why climate change is creating more female sea turtles and crocodiles
As the world gets warmer, animals whose sex is determined by temperature are finding cool ways to control their own fate. But can they adapt in time? Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24532700-800-why-climate-change-is-creating-more-female-sea-turtles-and-crocodiles/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
These giant croc-like carnivores terrorized Triassic dinosaurs
Researchers have identified fossil remains as belonging to rauisuchians, predatory crocodile-like animals that fed on early dinosaurs and mammal relatives 210 million years ago. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/extinct-giant-croclike-carnivores-triassic-rauisuchian…