Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-26397825-20150713052232/@comment-25555436-20150727031241

SpiritedDreaming wrote: Just gonna post this here...

According to this, crocodiles evolved in the Triassic period.

And according to this, the Triassic period is included in the Mesozoic Era (though only a bit).

So, crocodiles could technically be classed as dinosaurs using that logic, no? Yes, the Triassic Period is part of that era...is actually it's last period.

I have to ask this however: Does it say if they appeared in that period and then evolved, like nearly every dinosaur, or if they were already present and then evolved, like some of the species? There's a difference.

IIRC Crocodiles were already present before that age and later evolved to the quadrupedal, amphibian form they have now. Probably came from the Kronowhatevertheirnamewas. If I'm right they are not dinosaurs, technically speaking.

If they appeared in that age and evolved, then they are dinosaurs.