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The name of a group of reptiles including alligators caimans crocodiles and gavials?
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Why are alligators and dinosaurs relatives?
Both crocodiles (alligators and crocodiles) and dinosaurs are descended from a group of reptiles called archosaurs, which emerged in the Triassic period.
What are different types of aligators?
The name of the larger group of reptiles is called crocodilians, that consits of crocodiles, alligators (including caimans), and gharials.
Is float a collective noun for crocodiles?
There is no standard collective noun for a group of caimans.The collective nouns for alligators could be applied to caimans:a bask of caimansa congregation of caimans
What are a group of crocodiles call?
A group of crocodiles is called a bask or a float, not to be confused with a group of alligators which is called a congregation.
Are crocodilians extinct?
No, they actually thrive. This is because the crocodilians is a group of animals like mammals and reptiles. crocodiles, gavials, alligators and caimans are crocodilians. And we all know that they still live on our planet, and lived millions of years ago, probably before even the dinosaurs! The reason they weren't extinct with the dinosaurs is because they swam in the oceans and hid from the great extinction. When it as over, they went back on land and fed on anything they could, just like the mice-like creatures hiding in the ground.
What animals are in the reptile group?
Lizards, snakes, crocodiles, alligators, caimans, gavials, chameleons, geckos, monitors, basilisks, amphisbaenians, iguanas, snapping turtles, terrapins, tortoises and turtles are examples of reptiles. It is widely thought that dinosaurs were all reptiles too. There were also many predinosaurian (true) reptiles. Pelycosaurs were related to mammal like reptiles which were also 2 predinosaurian groups of reptiles. Pterosaurs and ichthyosaurs mainly lived at the same time as the dinosaurs and were flying and swimming reptiles respectively.
Which group of animals called congregation?
a congregation is the collective noun for birds
Do saltwater crocodiles live in groups?
Yes alligators do live in groups (some of them,)
How are alligators different from a crocodile?
Crocodiles and Alligators have distinct evolutionary histories for starters. Both are members of an a group of crocodylomorphs that radiated from archosaurs (that group includes dinosaurs and therefore birds) in the Triassic and are both are part of the order Crocodylia that began in the Cretaceous. Crocodiles first evolved ~60mya and Alligators evolved some 20my later. Another living group, the Gavials emerged in the Cretaceous- older than either crocs or alligators. As for telling the animals apart visually today, Gavials are pretty distinct with the narrow jaws and are almost exclusively piscivorous. The best way to distinguish a croc is to note protruding teeth from the lower jaw outside of the mouth. Crocs will have one or a few teeth poing out from the lower jaw, upwardly and alligators tend to have a bigger upper jaw and will not have lower teeth protruding. There are other differences as well that are not visibly discernable. I think alligators are interesting for having a respiratory system that is unidirectional. This is a trait dinosaurs and birds have that is very advanced and allows for fresh air to fill the lungs at both the inspiration and expiration stages of breathing as opposed to only at inspiration as in our "dead-end" lungs.
What are the enemies of the otters?
The amazon otter is prey to caimans, crocodiles, anacondas, jaguars, mountain lions, and large group or piranhas.
Which animals are in the reptile group?
The groups in Reptiles are: Rhynchocephalia (Tuatara), Squamata (Lizards and snakes), Crocodylia (Crocodiles & Alligators) and Testudines (turtles and lizards).
