Kerabat buaya dari zaman Trias ini menyerupai dinosaurus burung unta

Jumat, 29 Mei 2026

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Para ilmuwan telah mengidentifikasi spesies baru kerabat buaya purba yang berjalan tegak dengan dua kaki dan memiliki paruh tanpa gigi. Makhluk yang diberi nama Labrujasuchus expectatus ini hidup pada masa Trias Akhir di wilayah yang sekarang dikenal sebagai New Mexico.

Penemuan ini dijelaskan dalam Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. Para peneliti menemukan fosil-fosil tersebut di Hayden Quarry di Ghost Ranch. Labrujasuchus expectatus termasuk dalam kelompok shuvosaurid di dalam garis keturunan archosaur yang mengarah pada buaya modern, namun berevolusi dengan bentuk tubuh yang mirip dengan dinosaurus theropoda bipedal.

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