Ancient marine crocs adapted like. Ancient marine crocs adapted like whales to ocean life only earlier. Ancient marine crocs adapted like whales to ocean life only earlier. In the marine crocs called thalattosuchians which appeared in the jurassic period about 182 million years ago and died out in the cretaceous period about 125 million years ago.
Ancient marine crocs adapted like whales to ocean life only earlier. Will dunham april 20 2020 420 pm edt. A life reconstruction of the jurassic period marine crocodile relative cricosaurus is seen in this image released in.
Responsible for the sense of balance and equilibrium in the marine crocs called thalattosuchians which appeared in the. Ancient marine crocs adapted like whales to ocean life only earlier. Previous studies have shown some other marine reptile groups possessed similar inner ear adaptations.
But the crocs did it more than 100 million years earlier. Ancient marine crocs adapted like whales to ocean life only earlier. They lived alongside other marine reptiles some even bigger.
In the marine crocs called thalattosuchians which appeared in the jurassic period about 182 million years ago and died out in the cretaceous period about 125 million years ago. Like whales thalattosuchians underwent major skeletal changes as they evolved from land. Ancient marine crocs adapted like whales to ocean life only earlier tuesday 21 apr 2020 0705 am myt a life reconstruction of the jurassic period marine crocodile relative metriorhynchus is seen in this image released in edinburgh scotland april 20 2020.
Research published on monday detailed changes in the inner ears vestibular system. In the marine crocs called thalattosuchians which appeared in the. Ancient marine crocs adapted like whales to ocean life only earlier.
By will dunham reuters. Others like metriorhynchus and plesiosuchus were fully adapted for the open ocean hunting fish as well as squid cousins and even other marine reptiles.