Neither too hot nor too cold: Evolution of marine crocodilians constrained by ocean temperatures
Wednesday, August 20, 2014 - 09:01
in Paleontology & Archaeology
The ancestors of today's crocodiles colonized the seas during warm phases and became extinct during cold phases, according to a new Anglo-French study which establishes a link between marine crocodilian diversity and the evolution of sea temperature over a period of more than 140 million years.