Armored Crocodile Relative From Triassic Brazil Predates Dinosaurs
A 2.4-meter armored pseudosuchian from Triassic Brazil, Tainrakuasuchus bellator, was a crocodile-relative with dinosaur-like features but not a dinosaur, providing new insight into pre-dinosaur ecosystems and suggesting ancient faunal links between Brazil and Africa on the supercontinent Pangaea.