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Re: Crocs and such(io)
> > I wonder: when did crocs and dinosauria diverge?
>
> In the Triassic.
At the very start of the Middle Triassic, or earlier.
> [...] sphenosuchians and other crocodiliformes. Taxa
> more closely related to dinosaurs are called avemetatarsalians, and
include
> Scleromochlus, Lagerpeton, Lagosuchus, Marasuchus, Pseudolagosuchus,
> Lewisuchus, Silesaurus and maybe pterosaurs.
What is the last word on *Lewisuchus* -- is it really not related to
Crocodylomorpha ( = Sphenosuchia + Crocodyliformes)?