Locked in stone for 210 million years, this newly identified crocodile cousin was built to crush larger prey - Phys.org
science 2026/05/02 16:50:01

Locked in stone for 210 million years, this newly identified crocodile cousin was built to crush larger prey - Phys.org

Source:Phys.Org
Author:Jim Shelton

On a fateful day 210 million years ago, two crocodile cousins about the size of jackals stood side-by-side amid the low ferns of a humid riverbank that would one day become northern New Mexico. One of the crocs, Hesperosuchus agilis, had a long snout, large b…