‭ ‬Crocodylomorpha - Prehistoric-Wildlife

Langstonia

In Depth The holotype fossils of Langstonia were first recovered from Colombia in‭ ‬1945,‭ ‬but they were not described until twenty years later when Wann Langston Jr.‭ ‬described them as a species of the genus Sebecus.‭ ‬For almost fifty years afterward various other fossils were tentatively placed with them and moved about until finally in‭ … Read more

Notosuchus

In Depth Notosuchus was named in‭ ‬1896‭ ‬and was the first of what would become known as the notosuchian crocodiles that would be described to science.‭ ‬Attaining sizes up to one and a half meters in length,‭ ‬Notosuchus was small when compared to most other crocodiles,‭ ‬though itself still larger than most known notosuchian genera.‭ … Read more