The ‘Blessed Lizard’ That Inherited the Earth After Its Worst Apocalypse
Emerging from the ashes of the planet's worst mass extinction, Shakajlura riojanensis was an ancient crocodile cousin that reigned over the Triassic before large dinosaurs appeared.
Paleontologists in Argentina have discovered a deadly prehistoric crocodile with "blade-like serrated" teeth that triumphed over the Triassic some 237 million years ago, before large dinosaurs arrived and usurped the throne.
