The recently-discovered reptile likely lived in present-day Thailand roughly 230,000 years ago.
. The researchers also reviewed previously published research on the skeletal characteristics of, and evolutionary relationships between, alligator species.and the present day Chinese alligator, which is primarily found in the Anhui and Zhejiang provinces of eastern China.
Both species have a small opening in the roof of the mouth, a ridge on the top of the skull, and a raised ridge behind their nostrils. The team believes that these extinct and living species are closely related, and likely shared a common ancestor that lived in the lowlands of the Yangtze-Xi and Mekong-Chao Phraya river systems.
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