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Biting Fly on American Crocodile Photo Credit: Zeke Rowe/British Ecological Society While most animals avoid approaching crocodiles, the biting fly boldly lands on this intimidating predator…
Known as Wakaorisus Godterupi, this eggshell type belongs to the mecostine crocodile, which represents the oldest crocodile eggshell ever discovered in Australia. Mecostine crocodile. Image credit:…
Paleontologists have unearthed two partial skulls and three partial jaws from an early diverging crocodile dinosaur in the Quseir Formation of Egypt. Artist’s impression of Wasdiskus…
Paleontologists have discovered a new species of extinct crocodile-like creature from fossilized remains found in southwest Montana, USA. Impressions of the artist Thikarisuchus Xenodentes. Image credits:…
Reconstruction of the artist’s dinosaur Joaquinraptor Casali Andrew McAfee, Carnegie Museum of Natural History During the Cretaceous period, South America was a site of significant dinosaur…
The 11-foot alligator that capsized a canoe on May 6th, resulting in the death of a woman in Central Florida, serves as a reminder that while…
Neotropical crocodiles inhabit a broad geographical area, with populations found in coastal, inland, and island settings. Recent research has uncovered significant genetic diversity within this group…
Crocodylomorphs are surviving members of a 230 million-year-old lineage called Crocodylomorphs, a group that contains live crocodiles (i.e. crocodiles, alligators, garials). The crocodile ancestors continued with…
Understanding food chains in ancient ecosystems is one of the goals of paleoecology. Direct evidence of these interactions is rare and includes fossils with stomach contents…
Paleontologists have described a new genus and species of metriorhynchid crocodyloform from the Stadthagen Formation in northwestern Germany. Artist image Enarioetes schroederi. Image credit: Joschua Knüppe.…
New species of early crocodile named Asiatosuchus oenotoriensis was discovered by a team of paleontologists from Spain’s National University of Distance Learning and the University of…