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eosuchian

eosuchian logo #21003(from the article `reptile`) ...a pineal eye (degenerate, median eyelike structure), no trend toward bipedalism. Ribs single-headed in advanced forms.†Order Eosuchia ... ...aquatic reptiles ancestral to archosaurs (dinosaurs, crocodiles, and birds); the captorhinomorphs, `stem reptiles` from which most other reptiles ... ...
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Eosuchian

Eosuchian logo #20023Eosuchians meaning early crocodile) were reptiles that evolved during the late Triassic period , about 220 million years ago. These lizard-like diapsids probably gave rise to lizards and snakes. They walked on four sprawling legs and had a very long tail - some lived in the water (like Hovasaurus). Fossils of Eosuchians have been found in Southern ...
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