How to pronounce“crocodyliforms”in English

And previous research does indicate that crocodyliforms declined in general.

A better understanding of how different crocodyliforms respond to changes to temperature and sea level means that what we infer from their distributions will be more precise.

But the authors of this new paper point out that crocodyliforms exhibited a lot of ecological variety over time, including how they responded to changing climates.

So it’s a great opportunity to see if different lineages of crocodyliforms reacted to temperature and sea level changes similarly.

At that time, global temperatures and sea levels dropped dramatically, and many species of plants and animals went extinct, including a number of crocodyliforms, which at this point roamed as far north as England.

By analyzing the crocodyliform fossil record, including some newly described fossils, the researchers found that some crocodyliforms did go extinct.