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Re: Evidence of Huge Ancient Crocodile Found
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8298
Oh... thanks. So the name isn't new, I see...
It is properly a crocodyliform, not a crocodile.
(This wording, and some others in the article, sounds as if crocodiles were
not crocodyliforms. They are. Crocodyliformes is the same as old-style
Crocodylia -- all crocodylomorphs except the "sphenosuchians".)
(Besides, I'm under the impression that not everyone uses the new croc
nomenclature where Crocodylia is restricted to the crown-group... many
people do, however, including Chris Brochu.)