When is a croc not a croc? When it's a thoracosaur
6/27/2018 04:00:00 PM
The fearsome Thoracosaurus, a dinosaur-era reptile from North America with jaws like giant pincers, bears an uncanny resemblance to a modern fish-eating croc called a gharial.
However, new research led by Flinders University shows that these similarities are all due to convergent evolution, which has repeatedly fooled scientists trying to reconstruct the family tree of crocodiles.
The Indian gharial and 'false' gharial both have long, narrow snouts for grabbing fish underwater.
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