The neck has 32 separate vertebrae — longer than the creature’s body and tail combined,” said a study published by Cambridge ...

First study to explore how ancient reptiles spread across the Earth after the end-Permian mass extinction. New research ...

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.

Desmatosuchus was a large armored reptile that lived about 230 million years ago during the Late Triassic period. Though not a true crocodile, it belonged to a related group called aetosaurs which ...

Surprising new fossil evidence undermines the idea that there was ever a mass extinction on land – and may force us to ...

Modern crocodilians conceal a much richer evolutionary history than meets the eye. A recent study sheds light on the secrets of their survival through the ages. Close-up of an alligator. Crocodilians, ...

All Triassic archosaurs, apart from dinosaurs, pterosaurs and crocodiles, went extinct. This opened up many of the environments that the archosaurs had occupied, paving the way for the surviving ...

During the Late Triassic Period (237 million years to 201.4 million years) Pseudosuchia, a broad group that includes early crocodylomorphs and many other extinct lineages dominated. The ...

This study marks the first to reconstruct the dietary ecology of crocodylomorphs to identify the characteristics that saw some groups ride out two mass extinctions (the end-Triassic, about 201.4 ...

03/11/2025 14:00 Triassic Life: Ancient amphibians, crocodile relatives, early dinosaurs and mammalian ancestors Meike Rech Presse Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart. A research team ...

The Triassic period, spanning 252 to 201 million years ago, was crucial for the evolution of terrestrial tetrapods, including early dinosaurs, mammalian ancestors, and crocodile relatives.