Tag Archive for 'Gavialoid'

The skull of Gryposuchus pachakamue, a proto-Amazonian gavialoid from the Miocene lakes and swamps of the Pebas Mega-Wetland System, in dorsal, ventral, and lateral view. Scale bar - 5 cm. Image credit: Salas-Gismondi R. et al.

Discovery of Miocene Crocodilian Suggests Parallel Evolution of Protruding Eyes

Apr 21, 2016 by News Staff

Fossils of a 13-million-year-old extinct gavialoid crocodilian from the Peruvian Amazon suggest that South American and Indian gavialoids evolved separately...