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 * ...that the Choristodera are extinct reptiles that lived during the time of the dinosaurs and have a skull structure similar to that of the modern day Gharial?


 * ... that highlights from the history of ankylosaur research include one of the first dinosaurs ever discovered and a dinosaur with armored eyelids?


 * ... that the divergence in the Sino-Tibetan language family between the Sinitic languages in China and other Sino-Tibetan languages likely occurred during Neolithic migrations into the Tibetan plateau from the Neolithic cultures of the Yellow River?


 * ... that based on its skull anatomy, the small Early Jurassic crocodile relative Dibothrosuchus (reconstruction pictured) probably had a keen sense of hearing and was vocal like modern crocodiles?


 * ... that the powerful teeth and jaws of Heliopithecus may have played a key role in the spread of Hominoids from Africa into Eurasia, 17 million years ago?