Some extinct species of crocodile were herbivores

https://phys.org/news/2019-06-extinct-crocs-vegetarians.html

by lelf • 7 years ago

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discobean• 7 years ago

That's why they're extinct :P

toiletfuneral• 7 years ago

I don’t understand this joke, why is it funny?

Jorsiem• 7 years ago

Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog. You understand it better but the frog dies in the process.

PretzelFisch• 7 years ago

PBS had a show "When Whales Walked, journeys in deep time" the first part covered the evolution of crocks and how large and varied that species was in previous eons.

ncmncm• 7 years ago

About a third of the way through the Triassic period, (which predated the Jurassic and Cretaceous), a mass extinction did in most of the crocs, and the dinosaurs and pterosaurs took over. Before that there were crocs living in trees, crocs that ran like hell on two legs, and, yes plant-eating crocs. It was the crocs' world to lose, and they did; like we will, someday -- maybe soon. Then the raccoons or bears can take our place.

But according to the article, many interesting croc lineages survived for another 150 million years after the dinos took over, and succumbed along with the non-avian dinos.

Some extinct species of crocodile were herbivores

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