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, ...

That’s right. It weighed more than 6,000 pounds. Fortunately for humans, the enormous crocodile, discovered in the Tunisian deserts, was the terror of Jurassic and ...

A newly discovered species of a large, crocodile-relative predator has been described via a remarkably well-preserved fossil from Argentina, according to a study published in PLOS One by Fernando ...

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An international team of paleobiologists have found that the sinuses of ocean-dwelling relatives of modern-day crocodiles prevented them from evolving into deep divers like whales and dolphins. A new ...

For nearly 30 million years, a 2,000-pound beast known as the entelodont ruled a sweeping empire from Mongolia to what is now ...

Imagine a crocodile that would rather sprint than swim. It dashes over dry ground on long, slender legs like a reptilian greyhound. Instead of lurking in murky rivers, this Triassic predator moved ...

Paleobiologists have found that the sinuses of ocean dwelling relatives of modern-day crocodiles prevented them from evolving into deep divers like whales and dolphins. An international team of ...