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Crocodylomorpha in the modern sense, as defined by Paul Sereno in 2005, is phylogenetically defined as the most inclusive clade containing Crocodylus niloticus (the Nile crocodile), but not Rauisuchus tiradentes, Poposaurus gracilis, Gracilisuchus stipanicicorum, Prestosuchus chiniquensis, or Aetosaurus ferratus.
The asteroid that made the crater would have been larger than 1,300 feet wide, the scientists say. The closest that humans have come to seeing an asteroid this large crashing to Earth was in 1908 ...
This is a list of asteroids that have impacted Earth after discovery and orbit calculation that predicted the impact in advance. As of December 2024, all of the asteroids with predicted impacts were under 5 m (16 ft) in size that were discovered just hours before impact, and burned up in the atmosphere as meteors.
An impact winter is a hypothesized period of prolonged cold weather due to the impact of a large asteroid or comet on the Earth's surface. If an asteroid were to strike land or a shallow body of water, it would eject an enormous amount of dust, ash, and other material into the atmosphere, blocking the radiation from the Sun. This would cause ...
Scientists believe rare rescue is a sign that the fearsome reptiles may be capable of compassion
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During the Triassic, amphibians were mainly represented by large, crocodile-like members of the order Temnospondyli. Although the earliest lissamphibians (modern amphibians like frogs and salamanders ) did appear during the Triassic, they would become more common in the Jurassic while the temnospondyls diminished in diversity past the Triassic ...
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