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  • Anyway, within this group, an affinity between Aldabrachampsus and ‘Crocodylus’ robustus is particularly plausible given that both taxa share a vaulted palate and large squamosal crests.

    Even more recently extinct, island dwelling crocodilians Darren Naish 2006

  • The giant dwarf crocodile: a reappraisal of ‘Crocodylus’ robustus from the Quaternary of Madagascar.

    Even more recently extinct, island dwelling crocodilians Darren Naish 2006

  • Anyway, within this group, an affinity between Aldabrachampsus and ‘Crocodylus’ robustus is particularly plausible given that both taxa share a vaulted palate and large squamosal crests.

    Archive 2006-09-01 Darren Naish 2006

  • The giant dwarf crocodile: a reappraisal of ‘Crocodylus’ robustus from the Quaternary of Madagascar.

    Archive 2006-09-01 Darren Naish 2006

  • Again, what fascinates me most about ‘Crocodylus’ robustus is how recently it was alive.

    Even more recently extinct, island dwelling crocodilians Darren Naish 2006

  • Again, what fascinates me most about ‘Crocodylus’ robustus is how recently it was alive.

    Archive 2006-09-01 Darren Naish 2006

  • Some prefer the designation Australopithecus robustus, while others insist that Paranthropus robustus remains a valid genus.

    Ancestral Passions Virginia Morell 1995

  • Some prefer the designation Australopithecus robustus, while others insist that Paranthropus robustus remains a valid genus.

    Ancestral Passions Virginia Morell 1995

  • Homo robustus stared angrily at the kid, with unmoving eyes, dramatically wrenching his fingers for the remainder of the class.

    X, Chapter 3: Morowitz Benjamin Matvey 2012

  • Study author Sandi Copeland and her team studied teeth from a group of extinct Australopithecus africanus and Paranthropus robustus individuals from two adjacent cave systems in South Africa, finding that more than half of the female teeth were from outside the local area.

    Even ancient men seemed to like their man caves 2011

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