There is an astonishingly close resemblance between the Triassic phytosaur, which became extinct 200 million years ago, and the gavial, a kind of crocodile found in Asia today. Both lived in swamps and on muddy riverbanks. Both lived in swamps and on muddy riverbanks. Both were ferocious carnivores with long – toothed jaws for snatching fishes. But the phytosaur’s nostrils were just in front of its eyes, while the gavials are at the end of its snout.
