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A new species of #extinct #crocodile relative rewrites life on the #Triassic coastline https://phys.org/news/2024-07-species-extinct-crocodile-rewrites-life.html Paper: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2024.0136
"Capturing #fossil life from the eastern #Panthalassa Ocean of the Triassic, the locality that includes the #FavretFormation is known for #fossils of sea-going creatures like #ammonites along with marine #reptiles like the giant #ichthyosaur C. youngorum—finding the newly described B. eremicarminis came as a bit of a shock."