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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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, ...