Tanks of the triassic: New crocodile ancestor identified

PHYSorg
Mar 18, 2024, 4:11 pm128 pts
Dinosaurs get all the glory. But aetosaurs, a heavily armored cousin of modern crocodiles, ruled the world before dinosaurs did. These tanks of the Triassic came in a variety of shapes and sizes before going extinct around 200 million years ago. Today, their fossils are found on every continent except…

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