However, alligator ancestors are still quite recognizable to us, appearing very similar back then to the way they are now. Brachychampsa lived near the time the dinosaurs went extinct. Evidence of ...

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This had long confounded reptile researchers. Modern alligators tend to tolerate only freshwater, so how did a supposed alligator ancestor cross the salty sea? The answer, as the paper argues ...