Surprisingly, the ancestors of modern crocodiles survived two mass extinctions throughout their 230-million-year history.

Most people think of crocodilians as living fossils—stubbornly unchanged, prehistoric relics that have ruled the world's ...

Discover how crocodiles survived two mass extinctions thanks to their flexible diets and habitats, according to research.

In its 4.5 billion year history, Earth has undergone five mass extinctions and we are potentially in a sixth era of mass death. Today’s crocodylians are the surviving members of a lineage called ...

A new review of Triassic fossils from Germany reveals rich tetrapod diversity and links to modern biodiversity and climate ...

Researchers examined teeth and skulls of 99 extinct crocodylomorph species and 20 living crocodylian species to reconstruct ...

Crocodiles as Living Fossils Crocodylians are often referred ... The first was during the end-Triassic, about 201.4 million years ago. The second was at the end-Cretaceous, about 66 million years ago.

The Jurassic Period is one of the three prehistoric geological periods of the Mesozoic Era. It spans from 145 million to 201 ...