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Crocodiles (family Crocodylidae) or true
crocodiles are
large semiaquatic reptiles that live
throughout the
tropics in Africa, Asia, the
Americas and Australia...
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Miocene Asia are
primarily known from
tomistomines and
poorly understood crocodylids like
Crocodylus palaeindicus. This,
coupled with the
basal position of...
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includes meiolaniid and
pleurodire turtles and
possibly mekosuchine crocodylids and snakes.
Besides the
Saint Bathans mammal, this
fauna also includes...
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although it is
larger than
Osteolaemus it is
smaller than most
other crocodylids. It has two
prominent bumps on the
surface of its snout. The
genus was...
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unknown from Australia.
Preliminary comparisons were made with
modern crocodylids as well as
extinct groups that
shared similar morphology,
namely pristichampsines...
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lacks a spine,
which is a
feature shared by
alligatoroids but not by
crocodylids. The
position of the
postorbital bar also
differs from
modern crocodilians...
- than seen in
modern crocodylids (fourteen), and more
consistent with Voay and Osteolaemus.
Although tooth count may vary in
crocodylids, it is
usually a...
- 196.5–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Crocodylus niloticus, a
modern crocodylid Sarcosuchus imperator, a
pholidosaurid from
North Africa in the Early...
- K.; Chompusri, S.; Sila, S.; Claude, J. (2023). "An
early diverging crocodylid from the
Middle Miocene of
Thailand highlights the role of SE Asia for...
- Juma, Rose (2022). "Giant
dwarf crocodiles from the
Miocene of
Kenya and
crocodylid faunal dynamics in the late
Cenozoic of East Africa". The
Anatomical Record...
