New crocodyliform discovered in Montana. 🐊 phys.org/news/2025-09...

Caiman skull Tsoabichi greenriverensis 52 million years old (Early Eocene) Wyoming (Green River Formation) 🐊

🎶I should have changed that stupid lock, I should have made you leave your key… 🐊 youtu.be/N9upLFT87CE?...

🐊💩 Coprolite, likely from a crocodilian. coprolite measuring ~6.5" long on slab measuring 12" x 11" Era: Cenozoic: Location: Green River; ‘Fossil Lake'- Wyoming, USA

Choose your pets wisely. www.seattletimes.com/nation-world...

Lots of growing to do.

I’ve got mail…

Juvennile Crocodylus rhombifer skeletal mount. 🐊

Congrats to the Fort Worth Zoo on new gharial hatchlings! 🐊 dallasexpress.com/tarrant/crit...

A reconstruction of Araripesuchus rattoides From 95 million years ago (late Cretaceous) Estimated length: 3ft (0.91m) Discovered in Morocco Artist: Tyler Keillor

Pizzigalli, C., Regalla, A., Palmeirim, A.F. et al. Diversity, distribution and conservation of crocodiles (Order: Crocodylia) in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa. Sci Rep 15, 24703 (2025). 🐊 doi.org/10.1038/s415...

It’s not the most important thing by a long shot but we shouldn’t just let them have alligators as a symbol for their secret police disappearance prison. I propose taking gators back as the friendly homegrown superpredators they are. 🐊

Anatosuchus minor A Crocodilian from 100 million years ago. Discovered in Niger, Africa Artist: Tyler Keillor & Erin Fitzgerald

🔊 Sound Up Happy Monday to you! Yes, I’m taking to you. Crocodilians communicate via bellows, growls, grunts, chirps and many other forms of vocalization. 🐊

Fore! 🐊⛳️🏌️

Kaprosuchus saharicus Aka, the boar croc. From 95 million years old (Late Cretaceous) Discovered in: Niger, Africa Artist: Tyler Keillor 🐊

Sarcosuchus imperator, aka “Supercroc” as seen at the University of Chicago Fossil Lab. Many thanks to Tyler for the tour! 🐊 #fossilfriday

Got a chance to visit a lab where they’re working on some very cool fossil crocs. More to come… 🐊

No thoughts, only vibes. 🐊

🚨🦎🐍🐊🐢🚨 Reptiles Alive is open for members right now and everybody tomorrow! This is a quintessential natural history exhibit—it's all about getting people excited about the incredible creatures we share the planet with. Here's a quick tour 🧵:

The prototype. Protosuchus richardsoni, a crocodyliform from 210 million years ago in present day Arizona. It is one of the earliest crocodylomorphs. 🐊

Spotted at AMNH… Gavialis browni, a relative of modern day gharials from 5 million years ago. Found in India. 🐊

Frank Robb talking 🐊! www.cbsnews.com/chicago/vide...

Crocodilian conservation with Gatorland Global. 🐊 www.gatorlandglobal.org

Coexistence! #GatorWise 🐊 www.hotsr.com/news/2025/ju...

You see teeth pointing up and down, that means it’s a ________. 🐊 #Osteolaemustetraspis

31 million year old Alligator prenasalis from South Dakota. 🐊 #fossilfriday

Let’s replace all the horse evolution displays (which misrepresent evolution as linear and goal-oriented) with chaotic tableaus of all the shapes crocodiles have been #FossilFriday

Some days are great days. #DaintreeRiver #EstuarineCrocodile #StaySalty

A last ditch attempt to save the Orinoco crocodile. 🐊 www.reuters.com/investigates...

Apropos of nothing… Be kind. Don’t give in to hate. Accept people for who they are. Support each other. Lend a helping hand to the needy. 🐊

Crocodilian moms are awesome mothers! Happy Mother’s Day to all the human moms out there today! 🐊

Cellulose acetate model of a baby alligator. This was a plastic based form of taxidermy that made molds of an animal to preserve a likeness of them. The models themselves don’t contain any animal remains.

Cellulose acetate model of a baby alligator. This was a plastic based form of taxidermy that made molds of an animal to preserve a likeness of them. The models themselves don’t contain any animal remains.

Loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooongirostrine. 🐊

Some useful (and lifelike!) models. Can you identify the crocodile? 🐊

One of the thousands of vertebrates we scanned for #oVertTCN, funded by NSF. This is Tomistoma schlegelii, the "false gharial" with some brightly colored osteoderms I bejeweled with some pinks and purples🐊 Download the Tomistoma datasets for free here: www.morphosource.org/concern/biol...

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Thinking about Simosuchus on this #fossilfriday. A cool video discussing the pug nosed croc. 🐊 youtu.be/1WZNRzxHXn8?...

Friendly reminder that the Endangered Species Act has protected many species from the bald eagle, peregrine falcons, to even the American alligator. Protecting our Earth, its ecosystems, and its species is important and necessary. Note: link below is archived prior to Jan 20, 2025...

Hiding in plain sight! 🐊 www.livescience.com/animals/alli...

For a while, crocodile: crocodylomorph resilience to mass extinctions onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @datadryad.bsky.social

For this #FossilFriday, I thought l'd share this photo of a Redondasaurus skeleton on display at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science. While it looks like a #crocodile, it’s actually an ancient relative of theirs from the #Triassic - a #phytosaur. #Paleontology #Science 🧵 1/

A safe haven for crocodiles in #Jamaica. 🐊 jis.gov.jm/holland-bay-...

Yes, and… Alligators aren’t lizards.

Does “big surprise” read to you as genuine or as sarcastic? www.wafb.com/2025/03/28/b...

Good news for Siamese crocodiles. 🐊 news.mongabay.com/2025/03/siam...

Let’s get it on! www.yoursun.com/coastal/boat...

Not including this gif was a missed opportunity.

Who else has been thinking about these guys all week?