Extinct crocodile

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Size comparison of the extinct crocodile Stomatosuchus internis to an adult human. Stomatosuchus was 33 ft long (10 m) with a flattened skull and long lid-like snout lined with small, conical teeth. The only specimen consists of a partial skull and two caudal vertebrae. Late Cretaceous of Egypt.

Terror Crocodile the Size of a Bus Fed on Dinosaurs Study Says - The monster animal more closely related to American alligators than modern crocodiles had teeth the size of bananas and a strange enlarged snout. They had teeth the size of bananas were as long as buses and limos and preyed on dinosaurs that fed near their waterways.

What do you imagine an ancient croc snacking on? Maybe a fish or a bird? For some relatives of modern crocodiles, a safer guess would be a big bunch of flowers.

Description A selection of the extinct giant ground sloths from the Family Megalonychidae, to scale. Note this image is no longer accurate and has been revised - www.deviantart.com/artbyjrc/ar… Prior to a recent revision of the various families of sloths, the megalonychids were a mixed bag from small arboreal to large ground dwellers across Central and South America. They included the living two-toed sloths and also some species that had migrated further afield, populating North America and…

Sarcosuchus

Crocodiles from the past