Crocoduck 0 - Crocadillo 1

This is just the cutest thing.

Interesting how "upright" the stance is, with the legs under the body rather than splayed. Some other land-dwelling crocodilian fossils seem to have that more mammal-like stance.

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In other news, Scripps Institute scientists have advanced the study of abiogenesis, by putting together self-replicating ribozymes.