A team of scientists has found that the prehistoric ancestors of crocodiles were prevented from evolving into deep divers like whales by their sinuses. Researchers at the University of ...
Teleosauridae, were similar to modern day gharial crocodiles, likely living in coastal ... Dr Young concludes: "Thalattosuchians became extinct in the Early Cretaceous period, so we'll never ...
Teleosauridae were similar to modern day gharial crocodiles, likely living in coastal ... Young concludes, "Thalattosuchians became extinct in the Early Cretaceous period, so we'll never know ...
This critically endangered animal, known for its long, thin snout with a bulbous growth at the end, split off from other crocodilian species 40 million years ago. What it eats: Fish. Juveniles ...
Skull sinuses precluded extinct crocodile relatives from cetacean-style deep diving as they transitioned from land to sea is published in Royal Society Open Science. The research was funded by the ...
Siamese crocodiles are making an unlikely comeback ... By the late nineties, they were thought to be extinct. But a 2000 survey in the Cardamom Mountains in western Cambodia found a vestige ...