The reptile was named Crocodylus lucivenator, meaning “Lucy’s hunter.” The name references Lucy, one of the most famous early ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A rare fossil of Joaquinraptor casali from Patagonia reveals a powerful predator that may have dined on crocodiles. (CREDIT: The ...

When you picture an ancient crocodile from millions of years ago, you probably imagine a low-slung, scaly water predator ...

A "dominant" crocodile-like predator with a big lump on its head preyed on man's ancestors three million years, ago, according to new research. Early humans - embodied by the iconic hominin Lucy - ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 80-million-year-old fossils revealed that this dyrosaurid species began to diversify millions of years earlier than previously ...

More than 3 million years ago, when our ancient ancestors embodied by the iconic Lucy were roaming the African landscape, they would have feared a big, bad crocodile with a prominent lump on its head, ...

Researchers led by the University of Iowa have described and named a new crocodile species that roamed a region in Africa ...