psyche101
Jun 14 2006, 04:14 AM
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A new fossil from the age of the dinosaurs suggests modern crocodiles originated in Queensland, not Europe or North America as previously thought.
An international team of palaeontologists say fossils discovered in the central-western Queensland town of Isisford are that of the world's most primitive modern crocodile.
The report on the fossilised remains of the most primitive ancestor of modern crocodiles, has been published in the Royal Society journal Proceedings B.
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Shadow Hunter Ryzi
Jun 14 2006, 01:27 PM
Awesome. We invented crocodiles.
frogfish
Jun 14 2006, 09:33 PM
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We invented crocodiles
WTF do you mean?
Master Sage
Jun 15 2006, 12:27 AM
Pretty sweet! Another one in the book.
frogfish
Jun 15 2006, 12:30 AM
Prehistoric crocs were sometimes bipedal. This one was probably not.
psyche101
Jun 15 2006, 07:10 AM
QUOTE(frogfish @ Jun 15 2006, 10:30 AM) [snapback]1231861[/snapback]
Prehistoric crocs were sometimes bipedal. This one was probably not.
Bipedal !! That would be a sight!! A walking croc!
Might you consider one of those for the next Dino of the day
I'd love to learn about that one
snuffypuffer
Jun 17 2006, 08:01 PM
Bipedal crocodiles? Like Joan Rivers? That's scary!
frogfish
Jun 18 2006, 04:28 AM
I posted one in the Dinosaur of the Day thread
Jack_of_Blades
Jun 19 2006, 03:51 AM
QUOTE(snuffypuffer @ Jun 17 2006, 03:01 PM) [snapback]1235321[/snapback]
Bipedal crocodiles? Like Joan Rivers? That's scary!
dam thats funny
Kahrie
Jun 24 2006, 01:05 AM
QUOTE(Shadow Hunter Ryzi @ Jun 15 2006, 01:27 AM) [snapback]1230973[/snapback]
Awesome. We invented crocodiles.
sorry to take your thunder but there are other countries who have had crocodiles much longer than Australia
take NZ we had crocs Millions of years ago AND snakes
frogfish
Jun 24 2006, 01:17 AM
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sorry to take your thunder but there are other countries who have had crocodiles much longer than Australia take NZ we had crocs Millions of years ago AND snakes
Crocs were actually evolved somewhere in Asia when we had Pangea.
India has the biggest crocs in the world
Kahrie
Jun 24 2006, 02:32 AM
QUOTE(frogfish @ Jun 24 2006, 01:17 PM) [snapback]1243631[/snapback]
Crocs were actually evolved somewhere in Asia when we had Pangea.
India has the biggest crocs in the world
yeah i know this i was just debating the fact that 'australia invented crocodiles' by using an example of another country who has had crocodiles for millions of years. but thanks for the facts frogfish
Mosasaurs
Jul 5 2006, 04:44 PM
frogfish did you say (India has the biggest crocs in the world ) When good old aussie has the biggest croc in the world
frogfish
Jul 6 2006, 12:49 PM
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frogfish did you say (India has the biggest crocs in the world ) When good old aussie has the biggest croc in the world
Yes, there is actually a thread in the Natural Science forum about how India currently has the worlds biggest crocs
draconic chronicler
Jul 10 2006, 01:05 AM
I think people misunderstand the point of the thread. The oldest fossils of what we know as "modern crocodiles" has been found in Australia. There are many, far older crocdiles from other places, but they are evoluitonary "dead ends".
"Salties" range all over the Southeast Asian region, not just Australia. One nearly "got me" in Sri Lanka!
frogfish
Jul 10 2006, 01:06 AM
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"Salties" range all over the Southeast Asian region
and into Oceania...
Kahrie
Jul 15 2006, 12:32 AM
QUOTE(Mosasaurs @ Jul 6 2006, 04:44 AM) [snapback]1258243[/snapback]
frogfish did you say (India has the biggest crocs in the world ) When good old aussie has the biggest croc in the world
they have large crocs yes
but not the largest
draconic chronicler
Jul 16 2006, 12:01 AM
They are the exact same Croc, guys, it just so happens that India has reliably measured the largest living Salt Water Croc. No one really knows where the largest wild croc is, until it is found.
frogfish
Jul 16 2006, 08:03 PM
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They are the exact same Croc, guys, it just so happens that India has reliably measured the largest living Salt Water Croc. No one really knows where the largest wild croc is, until it is found
I am not insulting Aussie in anyway...
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