Newly discovered crocodile ancestor had body similar to an ostrich and no teeth

Reconstruction of Labrujasuchus expectatus, a new species of Shuvosauridae from Late Triassic rocks of Ghost Ranch, New Mexico. (Jorge Gonzalez via SWNS)

By Stephen Beech

A newly discovered crocodile ancestor had a body similar to an ostrich and no teeth.

Newly discovered crocodile ancestor had body similar to an ostrich and no teeth

View across Ghost Ranch lands and Late Triassic rocks from the Hayden Quarries site. (Nate Smith via SWNS)
Newly discovered crocodile ancestor had body similar to an ostrich and no teeth

Dr. Alan Turner (Stony Brook University) holding the femur of Labrujasuchus expectatus. (James Napoli via SWNS)
Newly discovered crocodile ancestor had body similar to an ostrich and no teeth

Dinosaur Institute volunteers Richard Hayes and Anne Baker-Hayes preparing Hayden Quarry Ghost Ranch fossils in NHMLAC's Level 4 Fossil Lab. (Nate Smith via SWNS)
Newly discovered crocodile ancestor had body similar to an ostrich and no teeth

Fieldwork crew, including most of the co-authors and Dinosaur Institute Director Dr. Nate Smith at right foreground, at the Hayden Quarries, Ghost Ranch, New Mexico. (Nate Smith via SWNS)

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