Vivian on 4/3/2010 at 22:54

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From the Late Cretaceous of Brazil (so techincally armadillos are ripping its style off, rather than the other way around, the frankly brain-fuckingly bizarre (http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/07/090708-armadillo-crocodile-brazil.html) Armadillosuchus arrudai (original research (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6VDS-4TYYRTF-1&_user=10&_coverDate=02/28/2009&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1233744954&_rerunOrigin=scholar.google&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=dc5807eb39628ad882120276fc405764) here).

Crocodiles are getting wierder and wierder. So in addition to (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effigia) bipedal dinosaur rip-offs and terrifying (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakosaurus) sea monsters, crocs also contain things that display an armadiilo bauplan with spooky accuracy. I mean, look at it:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/bigphotos/images/090708-armadillo-crocodile-brazil_big.jpg

It even has hexagonal bone plates. And I might be geeking a liitle here, but check out that pig-style head. Crocs rule.

PeeperStorm on 5/3/2010 at 02:02

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One of the nearby zoos had an animal on display that was part bull and part crocodile, but no one wanter to see a crockabull. *rim shot*

Thief13x on 5/3/2010 at 05:03

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Personally, being from Florida I blame global warming for this out of control mutation of that clearly discernible pighead. Good call

Master Villain on 5/3/2010 at 06:33

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Clearly there was a time when all life was crocodillian: Crococows. Crococats. Crocobirds. Crococrocodiles...

Turtle on 5/3/2010 at 18:11

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What I really need to know is if it's big enough to put a saddle on.