page_title: 2012 in archosaur paleontology
section_title: New taxa
hierarchical_section_title: 2012 in archosaur paleontology / Pseudosuchians / New taxa
caption_attribution_description: English: Life restoration of Crocodylus thorbjarnarsoni, based on fossils previously referred to Rimasuchus lloydi. Based on Figure 4.23 of "Late Miocene-early Pliocene crocodilian fauna of Lothagam, Southwest Turkana Basin, Kenya" by Glenn W. Storrs in Lothagam: the Dawn of Humanity in Eastern Africa.
context_page_description: The year 2012 in Archosaur paleontology was eventful. Archosaurs include the only living dinosaur group — birds — and the reptile crocodilians, plus all extinct dinosaurs, extinct crocodilian relatives, and pterosaurs. Archosaur palaeontology is the scientific study of those animals, especially as they existed before the Holocene Epoch began about 11,700 years ago. The year 2012 in paleontology included various significant developments regarding archosaurs.
caption: Crocodylus thorbjarnarsoni.
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