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flag A 225-million-year-old reptile from Arizona, *Sonselasuchus cedrus*, shifted from four-legged to two-legged movement as it matured, with bird-like features evolving in crocodile-line relatives.

flag A newly discovered shuvosaurid reptile, *Sonselasuchus cedrus*, lived in Arizona around 225 million years ago and likely shifted from quadrupedalism as a juvenile to bipedalism as an adult, due to disproportionate growth of its hind limbs. flag Fossils from Petrified Forest National Park, part of a bonebed with over 3,000 specimens, reveal a bird-like body, toothless beak, and hollow bones, resembling ornithomimid dinosaurs through convergent evolution. flag The find underscores the diversity of Triassic reptiles and suggests some dinosaur-like traits evolved earlier in crocodile-line relatives.

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