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Re:Modern Crocodiles Are Evolving at a Rapid Rate by Hayarotle on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @12:31PM (#28841701)
I wonder how close crocodilians were to being extinct after the K-Pg limit. If they did, they would be another non-dinosaur archosaurian group only known from fossils, like pterosaurs. Someone from such timeline would probably be delighted to see alive, as seeing one would be the as amazing for them as seeing a pterosaur or triceratops would be for us.

They're the last living non-avian archosaurs. We sure take crocodilians for granted.

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Re:Modern Crocodiles Are Evolving at a Rapid Rate by rozab on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @01:57PM (#28842858)
That sort of aquatic ambush predator niche has always been very successful, so I think we'd end up with a similar animal with a similar body plan that would fill the niche; it's evolved many times before.

https://bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-...

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