A fossil of a new species of prehistoric crocodile found in Brazil has led scientists to believe the reptile benefited from the extinction of dinosaurs to migrate from across the Atlantic.

cheeeeeeese....

no pic ?

That explains why there are crocodile in South America. Well, at least we know how they got there. I want to see a picture now.

there are no crocodiles in south america, ypu refer to "caimán" (guess its alligator, quite different from a croc), anyway I´m not a biologist, so who knows?????

There are crocodiles in South, Central, and North Americas. They are called American Crocodiles.

http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/cnhc/csp_cacu.htm

Wow, I didn't know there were Crocs in the Americas!

Thanks for that!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Crocodile