• Around 95 million years ago, a giant relative of modern crocodiles ruled the coastlines and waterways of what would one day become north central Texas. (crystalinks.com)
  • They are from the back feet of the genus Batrachopus , an ancient relative of modern crocodiles. (snexplores.org)
  • The term also is used to refer to all members of the order Crocodilia, a group that includes the "true crocodiles" (family Crocodylidae), the alligators and caimans (family Alligatoridae ), and the gharials (family Gavialidae), as well as the Crocodylomorpha, which includes prehistoric crocodile relatives and ancestors. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • The new study provides a long-sought insight about the extremely long and slender-snouted gavialoids - one of the three major types of crocodilians, along with alligators and crocodiles - that are represented today by just one living species, the Indian gharial. (crystalinks.com)
  • The standard vernacular term for this group is " crocodilians " rather than "crocodiles," but the latter term also is used in reference to this group. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • The researchers confirmed this finding by looking at embryos of lizards, alligators, and birds using a new contrast-stained CT scanning technique. (neurosciencenews.com)
  • One of the extinct relatives of alligators are the Deinosuchus. (itsnature.org)
  • How can we infer so much about the postures, soft tissues, colours and behaviour of extinct animals when fossil skeletons - be they shells, bones or carapaces - are all that remain of them? (palaeontologyonline.com)
  • Tzaganosuchus is an extinct genus of fossil crocodile from the Gobi Desert of southern/southeastern Mongolia. (crystalinks.com)
  • Dzungarisuchus is an extinct genus of crocodile. (crystalinks.com)
  • Found on the fringes of the Sahara - in the area that served as Star Wars' Tatooine - fossils suggest Machimosaurus rex was the largest marine crocodile ever found and represents a new species of teleosaurid a type of extinct crocodylomorph, or a group that includes crocodiles and their ancestors. (crystalinks.com)
  • The crocodile gets its name from the Greeks who observed them in the Nile River . (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • From the top: Head of an American alligator ( Alligator mississippiensis ), a Nile crocodile ( Crocodylus niloticus ), and an Indian gharial ( Gavialis gangeticus ). (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • A female Nile crocodile sits on the warm sand guarding her nest of eggs. (cseicluj.ro)
  • They are the first footprint evidence that some ancient ancestors of modern crocodiles walked on two legs. (snexplores.org)
  • This group includes modern crocodiles, alligators and their ancestors. (snexplores.org)
  • The type species is T. namsari, based on PIN 3386/1, a partial skull and skeleton discovered in the Aptian-age Lower Cretaceous H hteeg Formation at H ren Dukh, central Mongolia. (crystalinks.com)
  • A fourth species, T. klauseni, was named from a partial skull and skeleton found in rocks of roughly the same age farther west in Mongolia. (crystalinks.com)
  • Summary: A new study examines the link between brain development and the bones of the skull roof during the evolutionary transition from dinosaur to bird. (neurosciencenews.com)
  • It is the first time scientists have tracked the link between the brain's development and the roofing bones of the skull. (neurosciencenews.com)
  • CT scan images of the skull roof (frontal bone in pink, parietal in green) and brain (in blue) of, top to bottom, a chicken, the birdlike dinosaur Zanabazar, the primitive dinosaur Herrerasaurus, and Proterosuchus, an ancestral form that diverged before the bird/crocodile split. (neurosciencenews.com)
  • It fell to Melo to shed light on the matter in his master's research, in which he compared the skull described by Abdala with other materials-more skulls, pieces of jaw and a few fragments of bones from the body-from the unidentified species, which had been collected subsequently at the same site and preserved by researchers from UFRGS and the Zoobotanical Foundation of Rio Grande do Sul. (fapesp.br)
  • Lower left: Osteoderms (and skull) on a modern-day crocodile. (aboutbone.com)
  • The researchers used CT scanning to find that some of the eggs had tiny bones of the unhatched embryos inside. (deccanherald.com)
  • The carapace is fused with the vertebrae and ribs while the plastron is formed from bones of the shoulder girdle , sternum , and gastralia (abdominal ribs). (wikipedia.org)
  • A newly identified prehistoric marine predator has shed light on the origins of the distant relatives of modern crocodiles. (crystalinks.com)
  • According to the bones and teeth - it is not a fish. (perhapanauts.com)
  • The result of this is that a single crocodile can go through at least 3,000 teeth in its lifetime. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • Contrary to popular belief, teeth are not made of bone. (animalfoodplanet.com)
  • This dentin is a substance harder than bone, which is the reason why teeth are usually the parts of the skeleton that last the longest. (animalfoodplanet.com)
  • The teeth resembled those of an alligator or crocodile. (animalfoodplanet.com)
  • The scientists who discovered it say the animal was a predator with sharp teeth, a crocodile-like head, and a body that grew up to 2.75 metres (9ft) long. (uncommondescent.com)
  • Left, hindleg and shoulder girdle bone (fused scapulocoracoid) and right, several vertebrae bearing complete to nearly complete neural spines of an individual that was larger and presumably more mature than the holotype. (carnegiemnh.org)
  • The air-breathing mechanism it had would have been elaborated and having lost the series of bones that lies between the head and the shoulder girdle means it's got a neck, it can raise its head more easily in order to gulp the air. (uncommondescent.com)
  • Unlike other vertebrates, amphibians acquire many bones as fully differentiated animals that are already using their cartilage skeletons for feeding, breathing, support and locomotion. (reptilelink.com)
  • Some creatures like sharks, rays, and skates have skeletons of cartilage instead of bones. (animalfoodplanet.com)
  • How Are Skeletons Of Amphibians Similar To Skeletons Of Vertebrates? (reptilelink.com)
  • Do we see dinosaurs as exhibiting complex social behaviour like modern birds, or perhaps more rudimentary habits, as seen in crocodiles and alligators? (deccanherald.com)
  • Palaeontologists have said that the find, a crocodile-like animal called the Tiktaalik roseae and described today in the journal Nature, could become an icon of evolution in action - like Archaeopteryx, the famous fossil that bridged the gap between reptiles and birds. (uncommondescent.com)
  • Birds also have a different body plan from most animals and have a very strong, but lightweight skeleton, perfect for flying. (wildlifeinformer.com)
  • A monster of a reptile, a 30-foot-long crocodile ancestor, once navigated the lagoons of the Tataouine region of southern Tunisia 130 million years ago. (crystalinks.com)
  • It shows what the crocodile ancestor might have looked like. (snexplores.org)
  • But 106 million years ago, a crocodile ancestor had another trick: It walked on two legs. (snexplores.org)
  • Sea turtles have been on the planet for a very long time - longer than even crocodiles and alligators - and may have been present when the dinosaurs where roaming the land! (whalesinparadise.com.au)
  • The researchers measured the skeletons and counted growth rings in their bones to ascertain the dinosaurs' approximate sizes and ages. (deccanherald.com)
  • Studies of a single, well preserved fossil skeleton can provide the most basic information: proportions, dimensions, attainable postures and likely habits. (palaeontologyonline.com)
  • Tchoiria is a genus of simoedosaurid choristodere, a type of crocodile-like aquatic reptile. (crystalinks.com)
  • Rouse found that the gator had been broken down to shackles of bone by a new species of bone-eating worms in the Osedax genus. (hspo.info)
  • Uniquely bad ass skeletons and skulls may be allowed at mod discretion. (reddit.com)
  • However, they did find the weight attached to the gator, which lay about 10 meters away from the site. (hspo.info)
  • The researchers identified 80 individual dinosaur skeletons, as well as nests and about 100 eggs. (deccanherald.com)
  • If you find a pile of dinosaur skeletons, it doesn't mean they were living together. (deccanherald.com)
  • Because there, in the dinosaur hall of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in central Pittsburgh, was what looked to be a massive crocodile. (umd.edu)
  • It's a fun way to introduce Dino bones to children, while serving as a desktop dinosaur toy for those who are kids at heart. (learnplay.com)
  • The researchers sank a buffet for mysterious seafloor creatures which included three dead alligators, with weights tied to them. (hspo.info)
  • With this new therapy, the researchers engineered the protein so that it makes its way to the bones "where it really needs to be," Whyte said. (livescience.com)
  • Giant crocodile fossils have been discovered in Kenya dating from the Mesozoic Era, over 200 million years ago. (crystalinks.com)
  • The team found the bones in a place one normally doesn't think to look for ancient fossils - in the heart of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. (crystalinks.com)
  • Crocodile is the common name for any species belonging to the reptile family Crocodylidae (order Crocodilia). (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • Despite the surprising discovery of a new Osedax species, it was the third alligator that left the scientists the most baffled. (hspo.info)
  • When Dave and I met Thomas at the quarry on our first day of the field season, Thomas mentioned the find and told us that he thought the bones were ribs. (carnegiemnh.org)
  • The carapace bones develop from ribs that grow sideways and develop into broad flat plates that join up to cover the body. (wikipedia.org)
  • What this means is that the predator that swept away the gator was huge enough to devour it whole and drag the attached weight for some distance. (hspo.info)
  • Tumors that crawl and devour -- clothing and flesh disappearing -- congregations of bones. (resologist.net)
  • Alternatively, the alligator represents healing powers and qualities. (dreammoods.com)
  • To the Greeks, this "worm of the stones" was so named because of the crocodiles' habit of basking in the sun on gravel-covered river banks. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • Even though frogs don't look much like people on the outside, their skeletons are similar to people's skeletons, especially when it comes to their limbs. (reptilelink.com)
  • One patient, who had no bones visible in X-rays at the beginning of the study, did not initially respond to the drug, but was able to move all limbs after seven weeks of treatment. (livescience.com)
  • The team then searched the surrounding area but they found no trace of the alligator. (hspo.info)
  • Crocodiles (both family and order) are large, primarily aquatic reptiles that are primarily found in tropical regions of Asia, the Americas, Africa , and Oceania , and occupy both freshwater and marine environments. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • However, in the case of the new Patagonian discovery, certain characteristics of the ancient soils in which the skeletons, nests and eggs were found - such as traces of roots of plants that grew in the soil - suggest some permanence. (deccanherald.com)
  • We found a clear relationship between the frontal bones and forebrain and the parietal bones and midbrain," Bhullar said. (neurosciencenews.com)
  • Although thought to be inert, bones are filled with living tissues like blood vessels. (animalfoodplanet.com)
  • Ancient Egypt had Sobek , the crocodile-headed god, with his cult-city Crocodilopolis, as well as Taweret, the goddess of childbirth and fertility, with the back and tail of a crocodile.The South Temple at Karanis in Graeco-Roman Egypt was dedicated to local crocodile gods in the 1st century BC. (crystalinks.com)
  • Cut-away specimens show shoulder blades (arrows) inside the rib cage and the mobile neck and tail bones. (aboutbone.com)
  • But all mammals have the presence of three inner ear bones, hair or fur, and all mammals produce milk through their mammary glands. (wildlifeinformer.com)
  • I have yet to find a squid that could consume a whole alligator, and I don't want to be on the ship if we ever discover it. (hspo.info)
  • She was especially excited to find the skeleton inside. (learnplay.com)
  • The Party Animal Pass includes tons of party favors, with some especially fun additions like the Mini Croc pet (watch your fingers), the Crocodile Club Photo Booth Scene, weapon skins with unique firework muzzle flashes and sound effects, and a Disco Umbrella skin that has a custom eject sound. (perfectly-nintendo.com)
  • When visiting the site where the third gator was dropped, they could only see a massive depression in the sand - the animal had vanished altogether. (hspo.info)
  • These animal skeletons have been cleaned and are ready for display. (atlanticcoralenterprise.com)
  • It's a fun way to introduce Crocodile bones to children, while serving as a baby animal toy. (learnplay.com)
  • Doctors suspected the child had a bone disorder, and would not live long after birth. (livescience.com)
  • of the crest is the cribriform (pierced with small holes) plate of the ethmoid bone, a midline bone important as a part both of the cranium and of the nose. (britannica.com)
  • The second alligator was eaten during a longer period of time. (hspo.info)
  • Without the treatment, her bones would have kept deteriorating," until she could no longer breathe, Elsaesser said. (livescience.com)
  • We carry Greater short nosed fruit bat semi skeletal bats, Blue tailed bee eater bird skeletons, Yellow Vented bulbul bird skeletons, Javan Giant frog skeleton and Asian Black Spine toad skeletons. (atlanticcoralenterprise.com)
  • Evie Elsaesser (left) has a rare bone condition called hypophosphatasia, and has received an experimental treatment for the disease since she was 2 months old. (livescience.com)
  • While the larger crocodiles can be very dangerous to human beings, crocodiles do provide commercial, nutritional, and aesthetic benefit. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • Menadon, about one meter in length-the size of a large dog-may have looked like a descendant of an impossible cross between an alligator and a capybara, a large rodent. (fapesp.br)
  • Worse-the body count's rising on the Island of Bones, andthe dead seem to be reenacting some macabre tableaux from history. (geometry.net)
  • Just like in a person's arms, in a frog's front legs are bones called the humerus, the radius and the ulna. (reptilelink.com)
  • The immense beast lumbers around you in a circle, first as a collection of bare bones that form its skeleton and then followed by layers of muscle and skin. (phillyvoice.com)
  • What this implies is that the brain produces molecular signals that instruct the skeleton to form around it, although we understand relatively little about the precise nature of that patterning. (neurosciencenews.com)
  • While advancing their own individual need for survival, maintenance, and reproduction, crocodiles also provide benefit for the ecosystem and for humans. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • Created for the playful and busy mind, this adorable HALFBABY® Baby Crocodile is an open ended sensory toy that kids 3 years to 99+ can appreciate. (learnplay.com)
  • The skeletons included fully grown adults, maybe ten years old, subadults (equivalent to teenagers), juveniles and babies. (deccanherald.com)
  • Their hide is tanned and used to make leather goods, and crocodile meat is considered a delicacy in many parts of the world. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • We were surprised that no one had directly addressed the idea that the underlying parts of the brain - the forebrain and midbrain - are correlated or somehow developmentally related to the overlying frontal and parietal bones," said co-senior author Bhart-Anjan Singh Bhullar, an assistant professor of geology and geophysics at Yale University and assistant curator of vertebrate paleontology and vertebrate zoology at the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History. (neurosciencenews.com)
  • Its fin contains bones that compare to the upper arm, forearm and primitive parts of the hand of land-living animals. (uncommondescent.com)
  • The team then sent the skeleton to Greg Rouse, a marine biologist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, for further scrutiny. (hspo.info)
  • These skeletons come in all shapes and sizes, but they also share common features. (reptilelink.com)