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Ancient marine crocs adapted like whales to ocean life - only earlier

A wondrous lineage of crocodile relatives that developed into fast-swimming seagoing predators at a time when dinosaurs dominated the land adapted to life in the open ocean with a pivotal evolutionary modification also present in whales. [Source]

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Origin: reuters.com

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Topics: ocean, whales, adapted, present, modification, evolutionary, pivotal, dominated, dinosaurs, predators, seagoing, fast-swimming, developed, relatives, crocodile, lineage, wondrous, earlier, crocs, marine, Ancient

Source: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/scienceNews/~3/zppKfuk8i4E/ancient-marine-crocs-adapted-like-whales-to-ocean-life-only-earlier-idUSKBN2222UB

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