Nile crocodiles (R) were revered in Ancient Egypt. The above image (L) shows one of the mummies found in a tomb in Egypt that also contained the skulls of nine crocodiles. Carl Jani / M. Jawornicki ...

The skull’s structural features place C. checchiai at the base of the American crocs’ branch of the crocodile family tree. But the animal was also a close relative of the Nile crocodile, the ...

Archaeologists in Aswan uncovered a tomb with mummified skulls and remains of 10 crocodiles all at least 2,300 years old, study photos show. Set of 10 crocodile mummies found in abandoned tomb in ...

Scientists Find Skull of an Extinct Crocodile Species. Today, there is only one species of crocodile on Madagascar: the famous Nile Crocodile. But local stories about a horned-crocodile that died ...

Researchers studying a mummified crocodile from ancient Egypt found its skull had been smashed probably by mummy hunters. Accessibility statement Skip to main content Democracy Dies in Darkness ...

July 23 (UPI) --Novel bone structures found on the skull of Crocodylus checchiai, an extinct African crocodile species, suggest American crocodiles originated in Africa, according to a study ...

Deinosuchus, which translates to "terrible crocodile," lived during the late Cretaceous period about 80 million years ago. Adults grew to nearly 36 feet in length and weighed more than 6 tons.

Based on ancient DNA, the research shows that the horned crocodile was closely related to "true" crocodiles, including the famous Nile crocodile, but on a separate branch of the crocodile family tree.