‭ ‬Crocodylia. - Prehistoric-Wildlife

Rhamphosuchus

In Depth Rhamphosuchus is thought to have looked like a modern day false gharial,‭ ‬crocodiles that have proportionately thin and long snouts compared to other crocodiles.‭‬Rhamphosuchus itself however was much larger,‭ ‬although to what extent remains uncertain.‭ ‬This is because Rhamphosuchus is currently only known from very fragmentary material that makes reconstruction of the skull … Read more

Arenysuchus

In Depth A member of the Crocodyloidea which includes surviving modern species,‭ ‬Arenysuchus is still regarded as a more basal form due to the frontal skull bones contacting the fenestra‭ (‬openings‭) ‬on top of the skull.‭ ‬At the time of writing only a partial skull of Arenysuchus is known,‭ ‬but at just under twenty centimetres … Read more