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reptiles known as
crocodilians. They
first appeared during the Late
Cretaceous and are the
closest living relatives of birds.
Crocodilians are a type of crocodylomorph...
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birds and
crocodilians, and all of its descendants. The base of
Archosauria splits into two clades: Pseudosuchia,
which includes crocodilians and their...
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Crocodile armor consists of the
protective dermal and
epidermal components of the
integumentary system in
animals of the
order Crocodilia. The epidermal...
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narrow snout, with an
enlarged boss at the tip. Lang, J. W. (2002). "
Crocodilians". In Halliday, T.; Adler, K. (eds.). The
Firefly Encyclopedia of Reptiles...
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living crocodilians and all
archosaurs more
closely related to
crocodilians than to birds.
Pseudosuchians are also
informally known as "
crocodilian-line...
- advantage. The
light receptors in
crocodilians' eyes
include cones and
numerous rods, so it is ****umed all
crocodilians can see colours.
Crocodiles have...
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common in
places where large crocodilians are
native to
human po****tions. Some 1,000
people are
killed by
crocodilians each year, with
attacks occurring...
- in
length using regression equations based on
modern crocodilians, as the
vertebrae of
crocodilians scale with
positive allometry. A
particularly large...
- tend to be
relatively robust and
bulky compared to
other similar-length
crocodilians; for example,
captive males measuring 3 to 4 m (9 ft 10 in to 13 ft 1 in)...
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other crocodiles. It has
fewer armour plates on its neck than
other crocodilians. The
adult sal****er crocodile's
broad body
contrasts with that of most...
