crocodile
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It is now considered the earliest known representative of Dyrosauridae -- a lineage of ancient crocodiles that differed substantially from the crocodiles seen today.
From Science Daily
“I catch crocodiles, and a crocodile has never managed to screw up my ribs like that,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times
Steve Irwin was famous for his TV wildlife shows which regularly saw him handling crocodiles and led to him being dubbed the "Crocodile Hunter".
From BBC
Tourists flock to the savannah by the hundreds of thousands, hoping to catch sight of the herds as they run a gantlet of crocodiles lying in wait in the Mara River.
They once came from mekosuchine crocodiles, an extinct group that dominated waterways about 55 million years ago.
From Science Daily
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