# Help Me Understand Fossils

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 24, 2015, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-fossils/732360 "2015-09-24T01:08:57Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 25, 2015, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-fossils/732360/21 "2015-09-25T02:05:37Z")

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> [@Colibri](#):
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> [_Redondosaurus_,](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redondasaurus) a phytosaur. [Phytosaurs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phytosaur) resembled crocodilians but were not directly related.

Thanks! Not often I find a prehistoric reptile group I haven’t read about before.

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