Triassic 'witch croc' from Ghost Ranch reveals a bipedal, toothless crocodile relative
A NHMLAC-led team describes Labrujasuchus expectatus, a beaked, toothless, bipedal crocodile-relative from the Late Triassic found at Ghost Ranch, New Mexico. Though its look mirrors dinosaurs, it’s still crocodile-line, illustrating convergent evolution and filling a gap between earlier and later shuvosaurs.