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EOSUCHIA [2 records]

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Record 1 2000-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
DEF

An order of diapsid reptiles that looked like crocodiles and could be the ancestors of snakes and lizards. These carnivores preyed on insects and smaller dinosaurs. They could grow up to 8 feet (2.4 meters) long.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

Les Eosuchiens vivaient aux confins du Primaire et du Secondaire. Ce groupe rassemble des formes de petite taille, peu différenciées, «primitives», aux allures de Lézards et de Rhynchocéphales. Ces reptiles semblent d'ailleurs endériver.

Spanish

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Record 2 1980-08-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie

Spanish

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