Walkeria

Walkeria was first named in 1987 by paleontologist Sankar Chatterjee, but the name was already used for a tiny sea animal, so it was changed to Alwalkeria in 1994.1

The fossils of Walkeria are a mix of bones from different animals, like a puzzle. The skull might belong to a crocodile-like reptile, while the leg bones could be from a dinosaur.1

Walkeria lived in a place that was once an ancient lake or river in what is now India.1

Some scientists think the thigh bone of Walkeria looks like that of a lagerpetid, a group of small, agile reptiles that were close relatives of pterosaurs.1

Because its fossils are so mixed up, scientists are not sure if Walkeria was a dinosaur, a crocodile relative, or something else entirely.1