Un nouveau parent des crocodiles du Trias ressemblait à un dinosaure autruche

29 mai 2026

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Des scientifiques ont identifié une nouvelle espèce d'ancien parent des crocodiles qui marchait debout sur deux pattes et possédait un bec édenté. La créature, nommée Labrujasuchus expectatus, vivait durant le Trias supérieur dans ce qui est aujourd'hui le Nouveau-Mexique.

La découverte a été décrite dans le Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. Les chercheurs ont récupéré les fossiles dans la carrière Hayden au Ghost Ranch. Labrujasuchus expectatus appartenait au groupe des shuvosauridés au sein de la lignée des archosaures ayant mené aux crocodiles modernes, tout en ayant développé un plan corporel similaire à celui des dinosaures théropodes bipèdes.

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