The forerunners of dinosaurs and crocodiles in the Triassic period were able to migrate across areas of the ancient world deemed completely inhospitable to life, new research suggests.

The sweltering deserts of present day Nevada were once covered with water and home to an extinct crocodile relative. A team of scientists found this newly discovered species in the Triassic Era ...

The Triassic is one of the most important periods in the evolution of life on Earth. After one of the greatest mass ...

The surprising discovery of a new species of extinct crocodile relative from the Triassic Favret Formation of Nevada, USA, rewrites the story of life along the coasts during the first act of the ...

University of Texas at Austin. (2024, March 18). Tanks of the Triassic: New crocodile ancestor identified. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 03 ...

Fossil discovered in 1989 found to be new species of aetosaur — a massive armored crocodile cousin that lived during the late Triassic. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

Scientists have identified a new species of extinct crocodile kin that reveals they unexpectedly ruled the coasts of the Triassic period. The groundbreaking discovery of the Benggwigwishingasuchus ...

Researchers have discovered a previously unknown crocodile-like reptile species that lived around 237 million years ago during the Triassic Period. It has been described as an "extremely rare ...

Ancient reptilian carnivores that resembled modern crocodiles were fearsome hunters, but their scaly armor and sharp teeth couldn’t protect them from parasites, scientists have discovered ...

The Triassic crocodile relative caused a stir when it was described in 2006, because it clearly walked on two legs with each one tucked under the body, ...

Multiple extinct relatives of the crocodile like the Poposaurus lived 237 to 201.3 million years ago. ... Archosaurs date back to the Early Triassic, about 251 million to 200 million years ago.

Dinosaurs get all the glory. But aetosaurs, a heavily armored cousin of modern crocodiles, ruled the world before dinosaurs did. These tanks of the Triassic came in a variety of shapes and sizes ...