Posts Tagged ‘crocodylomorphs’

WFS News: Trackway evidence for large bipedal crocodylomorphs from the Cretaceous of Korea

@WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Trackway evidence for large bipedal crocodylomorphs from the Cretaceous of Korea Kyung Soo Kim, Martin G. Lockley, Jong Deock Lim, Seul Mi Bae & Anthony Romilio Scientific Reports volume 10, Article number: 8680 (2020) Abstract   Large well-preserved crocodylomorph tracks from the Lower Cretaceous (? Aptian) Jinju Formation of South Korea, represent the well-known crocodylomorph ichnogenus Batrachopus. The […]

Massive Extinction Fueled Rise of Crocodiles

A massive extinction between the Triassic and Jurassic eras paved the way for the rise of the crocodiles, new research suggests. The researchers, who detail their work today (March 26) in the journal Biology Letters, found that although nearly all the crocodilelike archosaurs, known as pseudosuchia, died off about 201 million years ago, the one […]