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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Crocodiles are also members of the wider archosaur lineage, ... He settled on Azendohsaurus, a squat Triassic herbivore whose skull had once been misidentified as belonging to an early dinosaur.

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.

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 ...

New research helps explain why crocodiles haven’t changed in 200 million years. Crocodiles evolved in a way called punctuated equilibrium, with tandem short- and long-lived species. The same may ...

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

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 ...