Day 15: Arboreal Crocodilian
In a world where Crocodylomorphs are dominant over both Mammals and Dinosaurs, various varieties have evolved, one of which, in this equivalent of the Early Cretaceous, is the leading lineage to flighted Crocodylormophs

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Anatomy and Relationships of the Basal Crocodylomorphs Junggarsuchus sloani and Dibothrosuchus elaphros by , James Clark et al
https://t.co/Wk586uRbtV
Part of our upcoming Special Issue on croc evolution edited by &

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- "juvenile coelophysis" found in the stomachs of adult specimens! However, further analysis on the remains showed that the specimens that were eaten by the adult Coelophysis were actually small crocodylomorphs like Hesperosuchus! (3/3)

Art by Liscianigiochi Srl!

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Way over word count so OUT comes text on difference between & crocodylians and how it relates to position of thalattosuchians. So stupid & complicated but I have to keep explaining it because no-one else ever does [famous Pyrakowski art attached]

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4. Metriorhynchid crocodylomorphs from the Lower Cretaceous of the Czech Republic: https://t.co/pqIVAYrud8

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It also lived alongside alongside similarly large dinosaurian predators Bahariasaurus and Carcharodontosaurus, the titanosaur sauropods Paralititan and Aegyptosaurus, crocodylomorphs, bony and cartilaginous fish, turtles, lizards, and plesiosaurs. Artwork by Davide Bonadonna.

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2020

"Trackway evidence for large bipedal crocodylomorphs from the Cretaceous of Korea" 🦕

Kyung Soo Kim et al
Published 11 June 2020
Sci Rep 10, 8680 (2020)

https://t.co/BMgEJFKY4j

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