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Keeping to warm climates may have helped crocodiles outlast the dinosaurs

Keeping to warm climates throughout their 250-million-year history may have helped crocodiles and their relatives survive the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs, finds a new study led by UCL (University College London) researchers.

Keeping to warm climates may have helped crocodiles outlast the dinosaurs
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Keeping to warm climates throughout their 250-million-year history may have helped crocodiles and their relatives survive the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs, finds a new study led by UCL (University College London) researchers.

Originally published at Phys.org

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