Scientists in Argentina have found the remains of a dwarf ancestor current crocodilesthat lived 148 million years ago.
About it informs Ctys Agency.
“Argentine and Chilean researchers have discovered a new species that can be regarded as the grandfather of living crocodiles. As an adult, he was only 70 centimeters long, it is one of the few crocodiles that inhabited land along with dinosaurs at the end of the Jurassic period.“, – the message says.
It was named Burkesuchus. He was no larger than a cat, so he could not catch large prey, and most likely ate insects, crustaceans or small vertebrates.
Scientist Fernando Novas said that the shape of the skull, body and hind legs of the creature shows that this species could give rise to modern crocodiles.
“For example, you can see the change in the skull, or rather the shutter, which he had in the ear region, in order to immerse himself in the water. Thus, Burkesuchus is something like the grandfather of modern crocodiles, it demonstrates the stages of evolution, about which so little is known in the world.“, says Fernando Novas.
Earlier, “Apostrophe” reported that scientists have studied the skeleton of a giant dinosaur that looks like a stork. He lived in Africa 100 million years ago.
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