New discoveries in the Dominican Republic suggest sebecids roamed the Caribbean as recently as 4.5 million years ago, long ...

The existence of any prehistoric apex predators in the islands of the Caribbean used to be doubted. While their absence would have probably made it even more of a paradise for prey animals, fossils ...

Finally, the habitats of these two creatures differ, with American alligators found throughout the Southern United States, and the American crocodile primarily living in Central and South America.

Unlike modern crocodiles, sebecids lived almost entirely on land. They had long legs, sharp serrated teeth, and could grow to nearly 20 feet long. They evolved in South America and dominated the ...

You wouldn't have been able to predict this looking at the modern ecosystem," said paper author and vertebrate paleontologist Jonathan Bloch.

Athletic, crocodile-like reptiles with bladed teeth ... Mammals came into their own in the aftermath. In South America, things were more complicated, at least at the top of the food chain.

After the demise of the dinosaurs following an asteroid strike 66 million years ago, mammals became Earth's dominant land animals. But that does not mean they went unchallenged. In South America, for ...

But crocodiles live here too ... Found in South Florida, Mexico, Central and South America and the Caribbean. Nesting occurs on well-drained, sandy areas near salt or brackish water.

Morelet’s crocodiles are native to the Atlantic regions of Central America. In the video, All Creatures Brett calls the crocodile his good girl and refers to her as “sweet pea.” She just ...

“Several crocodiles we have tagged travel back and ... which are part of their diet in their native range in Central and South America. Though conflicts between crocs and people are rare ...

The prehistoric crocodile relative may ... Texas, Montana, South Carolia, New Jersey, and more, popping up along the edges of North America’s prehistoric coastlines in rocks 82 to 72 million ...