Researchers map crocodile family tree to shed light on their evolution

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Dec 4, 2023, 11:00 am138 pts
A research team, led by scientists at the University of York, mapped the family tree of the ferocious ambush-predators and their extinct relatives known as Pseudosuchia. They then compared this with data from the fossil record to understand why crocodiles have so few living species, while there are 11,000…

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