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Museum Fossil Reveals Triassic Crocodile Cousin with Powerful Jaws


CT scans of a decades-old specimen from the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History show a new species of short-snouted crocodylomorph with unusually strong jaws, offering a rare snapshot of ecological specialization in the Late Triassic epoch.

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