A valve-like structure in the back of an crocodile ancestor from 150 million years ago may have been the reason why crocodiles are around today.

The ancestors of crocodiles began growing slowly to adulthood during the Late Triassic period and not millions of years before in the Early Jurassic as was previously thought. A study in Current ...

Amphicotylus milesi’s skeleton. When you think of a crocodile hunting prey, you think of it leaping out of the water, viciously attacking its prey and bringing it into the water to eat. But when the ...

Slow growth in crocodile ancestors pre-dated their semi-aquatic lifestyle. ScienceDaily . Retrieved May 29, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2023 / 09 / 230920111207.htm ...

215 million-year-old crocodile ancestor that pre-dates dinosaurs identified. Aetosaurs are a reptile species that lived during the Triassic Period. By Leah Sarnoff. March 19, 2024, 8:58 PM.

The recent identification of fossils from a heavily armored ancient crocodile ancestor species, known as aetosaurs, provides a glimpse into our world 215 million years ago.

They said the crocodile ancestor lived alongside giant dinosaurs, at a time when enormous sauropods as well as smaller herbivorous species like Chilesaurus diegosuarezi roamed what is now South ...

Crocodile ancestors would have been pushed into secondary predator roles, the researchers noted. "As theropod dinosaurs started to make it big, ...

Staring at a crocodile or alligator can feel like looking back in history to the age of the dinosaurs. Their ancestors have survived two mass extinctions over 230 million years and scientists have ...

The team sequenced the genomes of three crocodilian species: the American alligator, the saltwater crocodile, and the Indian gharial. Their analysis indicates that the ancestor of all archosaurs ...

The recent identification of fossils from a heavily armored ancient crocodile ancestor species, known as aetosaurs, provides a glimpse into our world 215 million years ago. The study, led by ...

Heavily Armored Crocodile Ancestor Identified . Press release University of Texas March 19, 2024 Márcio L. Castro Dinosaurs get all the glory. But aetosaurs, a heavily armored cousin of modern ...