Some 215 million years ago in what is now northwestern Argentina, the terrestrial crocodylomorph Hemiprotosuchus leali prepares to devour the early mammal relative Chaliminia musteloides. “Lots of ...

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology reveals an astonishing discovery in southwestern Montana: a 95-million-year-old miniature crocodyliform, nicknamed Elton, which defies all expectations about ...

SAO PAULO, Brazil — The 80 million-year-old remains of a land-bound reptile described as a possible link between prehistoric and modern-day crocodiles were displayed to the public for the first time ...

The ancestors of crocodiles began growing slowly to adulthood during the Late Triassic period and not millions of years before in the Early Jurassic as was previously thought. A study in Current ...

The animals that once roamed the earth were far larger and more sizable than we can wrap our heads around. Such is the case of the Barinasuchus, an ancient crocodilian that was far larger than even a ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Earth has experienced at least five "mass extinction" events throughout its existence, but some species have been able to survive these major shifts. Utah researchers say they believe ...

How did reptilian things that looked something like crocodiles get to the Caribbean islands from South America millions of years ago? They probably walked. The existence of any prehistoric apex ...

Picture the length of a full-sized transport truck parked along a wild ancient riverbank. Now imagine a crocodile just as ...