By: Barbara Erickson Crocks are Native to the Americas Crocodiles first appeared in the fossil record in the Paleocene 65 million years ago. The American Crocodile, Crocodylus acutus, appeared in Latin American fossil records from the Plio-Pleistocene era, some 2 million years ago. Native it is! The crocs among us today qualify as living dinosaurs. You … Continue reading American Crocodiles in Mexico – Ex-pats or Natives?