crocodilian

After this, the crocodilian will start to change its posture dramatically to make itself look more intimidating.

The gharial is a poor walker on land but it is probably the most aquatic crocodilian of all.

Tienosuchus is a dubious extinct genus of gavialoid crocodilian.

Baru was an extinct genus of Australian mekosuchine crocodilian.

Lianghusuchus is an extinct genus of crocodylid crocodilian.

Spiked and bladed scutes are not unknown among crocodilians, although no other known crocodilian had or has both.

Euthecodon was originally considered a tomistomine crocodilian.

An early Eocene crocodilian from Murgon, southeastern Queensland.

It was described in 1975 by Antunes from remains from Portugal as a sebecosuchian crocodilian.

Occasionally, they will attack and kill humans, although conflicts are generally one-sided in favour of humans, as this crocodilian has a highly valued hide.

Paratomistoma (meaning "next to or near Tomistoma") is an extinct genus of tomistomine crocodilian.

The largest terrestrial sebecid crocodilian is Barinasuchus, from the Miocene of South America, which reached 9 m (30 ft) long.

Leptorrhamphus is an extinct genus of gavialoid crocodilian that lived during the Pliocene epoch in what is now Argentina.

A second Fayum crocodilian, "Crocodylus" articeps, was named alongside "C." megarhinus.

Musturzabalsuchus and Acynodon, a contemporary crocodilian also common from Laño, are thought to have been closely related to Paleolaurasian alligatoroids.

Siquisiquesuchus (meaning "Siquisique crocodile" after the town in Lara, Venezuela, near where the first described specimens were found) is an extinct genus of gavialoid crocodilian.

The skull, 43.3 centimeters long (17.0 in), had a long, narrow snout, marking it as a longirostrine crocodilian; the snout made up about 70% of the skull's length.

O'Neill et al. interpreted Akanthosuchus as either a terrestrial crocodilian or a specialized, modestly sized, heavily armored aquatic crocodilian.

The gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) is a crocodilian of the family Gavialidae that is native to the Indian subcontinent and also called gavial and fish-eating crocodile.

It is known from a skull from the Campanian-age Dinosaur Park Formation, where it was rare; Leidyosuchus is the most commonly found crocodilian at the Park.

Deinosuchus has often been described as the largest crocodilian of all time, but some other crocodyliforms-including Purussaurus, Rhamphosuchus, and Sarcosuchus-may have equaled or exceeded it in size.

While the four-chambered heart is traditionally characteristic of endotherms, the ectothermic crocodilian is thought to have a four-chambered heart because of an endothermic ancestry, originating in the archosaurs or in an earlier predecessor.

The skull has been described as duck like, being broad, flat and very elongate, closely resembling what is seen in Stomatosuchus, an unrelated crocodilian that may also have had a large gular sac similar to those of pelicans or baleen whales.

Charactosuchus kugleri, another Eocene crocodilian, has been suggested to be synonymous with Dollosuchus, but this is no longer likely because C. kugleri is now thought to be a member of the family Crocodylidae, and thus closer related to modern crocodiles than to gharials.

With an angry gesture, he shook his crocodilian head to clear it.

When this organization started all of the crocodilian species were either threatened or endangered.

But New York is in fact a crocodilian town.

Crocodilian embryos develop fully 4-chambered hearts at an early stage.

That worthy ordered it to open the doors with a gesture of its crocodilian head.

The incubation period is long compared with most other crocodilian species, sometimes lasting over 110 days.

The crocodilian heart; more controlled than we thought?

Their long necks were topped with a blunt crocodilian snout.

These characteristics have been linked to crocodilian survival at the end of the Cretaceous.

And while she admires the entire crocodilian dynasty, alligators are her favorite.

Dinosaur and crocodilian remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.

The Government banned the sale of crocodilian products in 1975 and is reluctant to repeal the ban.

There are 23 crocodilian species today, including alligators, crocodiles and caimans.

The eggs are the largest of any crocodilian species, weighing an average of 160 g.

These give the caiman lizard a crocodilian appearance, and help to provide some protection against predators.

In this environment it occupied a crocodilian niche, as the climate was too cold for crocodiles.

Despite the success stories, about a third of all crocodilian species remain severely threatened, with several approaching oblivion.

The False gharial, like all other crocodilian species, lays eggs.

The relative positions and sizes of these and other organs mark them as crocodilian in type, he said.

His eyes narrowed, and he lowered the crocodilian jaws to regard the elf coldly.

The Philippine crocodile is a crocodilian endemic to the Philippines.

In 2007, a specialist group has been founded by several people within the Philippines, involved in crocodilian conservation.

It was in the same family as the large, flat-snouted crocodilian Stomatosuchus.

This last group (terrestrial & freshwater) includes crocodilian and turtle species.

Crocodilian eggs are somewhat brittle, but softer than bird eggs.