However, paleontologists continue to uncover information about them, such as when they first came into existence

A newly studied Triassic reptile, Sonselasuchus cedrus, is upending assumptions about how ancient crocodile relatives moved. Belonging to a group called shuvosaurids — an unusual branch of crocodile-line archosaurs — the small creature is believed to have started life on four legs before transitioning to a two-legged stance