Sometime around 210 million years ago, in what is now the badlands of New Mexico, a mudslide froze an ancient ecosystem in ...

During the Triassic, a newly described species related to modern crocodiles and alligators stalked prey on land, not the ...

EXPERTS have uncovered an ancient cousin to the crocodile that had a terrifyingly different approach to hunting. The ...

Paleontologists have determined that the fossil, which has been stored in the museum basement for more than seven decades, ...

A newly studied Triassic reptile, Sonselasuchus cedrus, is upending assumptions about how ancient crocodile relatives moved.

Imagine a crocodile that would rather sprint than swim. It dashes over dry ground on long, slender legs like a reptilian ...

A strange crocodile relative that may have shifted from four legs to two is shedding light on convergent evolution and the hidden diversity of Triassic ecosystems. A “peculiar” reptile from the age of ...

Scientists in England have discovered a strange 215-million-year-old “greyhound crocodile” named Galahadosuchus jonesi.

During the Triassic, a newly described species related to modern crocodiles and alligators stalked prey on land, not the ...

Some early crocodylomorphs were fast, land-running predators with long legs and an upright posture, unlike modern crocodiles. Ancient crocodile relatives were far more diverse, including terrestrial, ...