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Distant Cousin of Crocodiles Stalked Brazil 240 Million Years Ago


Paleontologists working in Brazil have identified a previously unknown species of archosauriform that lived about 240 million years ago and may belong to a poorly understood group of ancient reptiles that closely resembled the ancestors of crocodiles and dinosaurs.

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