on the Panthalassan Ocean coast. Credit: Jorge Gonzalezcrocodile relative demonstrates that pseudosuchian archosaurs inhabited global coastal areas, significantly enriching our understanding ofof extinct crocodile relative from the Triassic Favret Formation of Nevada, USA. The species, named, reveals that the ancient crocodile kin known as pseudosuchian archosaurs dominated shorelines across the Middle Triassic globe between 247.2 and 237 million years ago.
A map of the Middle Triassic oceans and the archosauriforms described from eastern coastal settings , as well as the new species B. eremicarminis from the Panthalassan coast .
B. eremicarminis specimen a) overview of skeleton; b) color-coded interpretation of skeleton. Credit: photograph by Stephanie Abramowicz; drawing by Dr. Nicole KleinDuring the Triassic, archosaurs, “the ruling reptiles,” arose and split into two groups with two surviving representatives: birds, the descendants of dinosaurs, and crocodilians , the descendants of pseudosuchian archosaurs like.
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