I remember years ago when my grade 4 class did a unit on dinosaurs. From the books we had in class about the topic, I remember illustrations of two prehistoric crocodiles. The way I remember them, one of them was depicted as having nostrils on top of its head instead of on the tip of its nose; I remember the other, which as I recall was said to have been about 15 feet long (and may have been an illustration of the same species as the first) as having a rhino-like horn on its nose.
Did I misinterpret these pictures or do they reflect the artist’s knowledge of certain fossils - and if so, would this knowledge be maintained today? Were there really prehistoric crocodiles which are believed to have had breathing holes on their head or even a “rhino” horn on their nose? I have googled around for something like this, but haven’t found anything satisfactory.