cross-posted from: https://news.abolish.capital/post/71626
The closest living relatives of crocodiles and alligators are, perhaps surprisingly, birds. Both are archosauriforms, a group of species that originated about 250 million years ago near the beginning of the Triassic period.
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I’m no expert, but I suspect it has to do with the fact that crocodiles don’t have wings.
I want to agree but it seems too obvious to be true.
