Cold snap: Climate cooling and sea-level changes caused crocodilian retreat

Fluctuating sea levels and global cooling caused a significant decline in the number of crocodilian species over millions of years, according to new research. In the future, the researchers suggest that a warming world caused by global climate change may favour crocodylian diversification again.

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