Crocodilians in perspective!

Abstract

The prediction of the 1960s that crocodilians would soon be extinct has happily proven to be unduly pessimistic. The survival and recovery of substantial stocks provides us with the unexpected opportunity to learn about their adaptations, important not only because of their place as relicts of a major reptilian radiation, but also as giant animals, reptiles substantially larger than all but marine turtles. © 1989 by the American Society of Zoologists.