'Peculiar' crocodile ancestor started life on four legs before learning to walk on two

Weird 216-Million-Year-Old Crocodile Ancestor Started Life On 4 Legs – Then Decided The Theropod Way Was Better

Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, but the dinosaurs and pseudosuchian archosaurs reached this shape independently.

Croc ancestor started life on 4 legs before it began walking on 2

The poodle-sized reptile that lived over 200 million years ago was among creatures that had features similar to dinosaurs it lived beside.

This Ancient Crocodile Ancestor Learned to Walk on Two Legs

This Ancient Crocodile Ancestor Learned to Walk on Two Legs: It was a childhood crawler before it walked upright

'Peculiar' crocodile ancestor started life on four legs before learning to walk on two

A "peculiar" ancient relative of the crocodile which experts believe began life on four legs before, in adulthood, it learned how to walk on just two has been revealed in a new study. Named Sonselasuchus cedrus, this archaic reptile was part of the shuvosaurid group, most of which had an appearance mimicking that of the ornithomimid dinosaurs that it shared the landscape with during the Late Triassic (approximately 225–201 million years ago).

A 25-Inch Crocodile Relative Walked on Two Legs in Late Triassic Forests 225 Million Years Ago

Learn how fossils from Arizona’s Petrified Forest National Park revealed that a Late Triassic crocodile relative may have started life on four legs before walking on two as an adult.

Ancient 'weirdo' reptile graduated from 4 legs to 2 in adolescence

Sonselasuchus cedrus, discovered in fossils from Arizona, was a crocodile relative from the Triassic period that grew into an ostrich-like adult