An international research team led by paleobiologists at the UK’s University of Southampton recently used computed tomography to examine 11 thallatosuchian skulls in comparison to six other fossil ...

Scientists say the earliest long-snouted fossil crocodile, which was around 12 feet long, lived about 80 million years ago.

Learn more about Wadisuchus kassabi, the crocodile’s ancient cousin that thrived in prehistoric oceans and rewrites this ...

Wadisuchus kassabi, an ancient crocodile from Egypt, shows crocodiles lived in the sea, offering insight into reptile ...

A newly identified marine crocodile ancestor, found in Egypt’s Western Desert, pushes back crocodile evolution and reveals ...

Introducing Tyrannoneustes lythrodectikos, a marine super-predator that lived over 163 million years ago. It looks like a cross between a dolphin and a crocodile — and for good reason. Scientists say ...

A new study describing how a prehistoric sea cow was preyed upon by not one, but two different carnivores – a crocodilian and a shark – is revealing clues into both the predation patterns of ancient ...

The fossil of an extremely unlucky dugong has been uncovered. The old sea cow had a pretty bad day about 20 million years ago when it was eaten by both a crocodile and a shark. This remarkable fossil ...

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