The Evolution of the Crocodilians

Some 200 million years after these reptiles arose and diversified three families remain: alligators, crocodlles and gavials. They are the last of the archosaurians, the ruling reptiles of the Mesozoic

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 241 Issue 4This article was originally published with the title “The Evolution of the Crocodilians” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 241 No. 4 (), p. 130
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1079-130