Early dinosaur relative sported odd mix of bird, crocodile-like traits
Unusual museum specimen inspired search for more fossils
![Teleocrater rhadinus](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/041417_EE_dino_main.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
REPTILE REIMAGINED Unlike other known close dinosaur relatives, Teleocrater rhadinus (illustrated) walked on four feet instead of two and had an ankle bone like a crocodile’s.
Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" (Buenos Aires, Argentina), artwork by Gabriel Lio