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Deinosuchus (/ ˌ d aɪ n ə ˈ sj uː k ə s /) is an extinct genus of alligatoroid crocodilian, related to modern alligators and caimans, that lived 82 to 73 million years ago (Ma), during the late Cretaceous period. The name translates as "terrible crocodile" and is derived from the Greek deinos (δεινός), "terrible", and soukhos ...
English: A comparison of several size estimates for Deinosuchus, a giant Late Cretaceous crocodilian. The largest credible specimen of modern C. porosus (saltwater crocodile) is also included in the diagram for comparison, as is an average height human. Full citation information: Colbert, Edwin H; Bird, Roland T. (1954).
Three extant crocodilian species clockwise from top-left: saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus), American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis), and gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) Crocodilia is an order of mostly large, predatory , semiaquatic reptiles , which includes true crocodiles , the alligators , and caimans ; as well as the gharial ...
A pair of researchers with the University of Iowa decided to re-examine existing fossils of the Deinosuchus, a prehistoric ancestor of crocodiles and alligators estimated to be about 33-feet-long ...
Crocodylomorpha in the modern sense, as defined by Paul Sereno in 2005, is phylogenetically defined as the most inclusive clade containing Crocodylus niloticus (the Nile crocodile), but not Rauisuchus tiradentes, Poposaurus gracilis, Gracilisuchus stipanicicorum, Prestosuchus chiniquensis, or Aetosaurus ferratus.
This beautiful setting is also home to a wide variety of wildlife, including two crocodile species: the American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) and Morelet’s crocodile (Crocodylus moreletii). The ...
Then, the crocodiles were classified critically endangered in hopes of reducing the number lost to poaching. However, despite its new classification, it's population decreased by 58% between 1997 ...
In 1921, a new species of Dinosuchus, D. neivensis, was named based on a large mandible that was discovered in Colombia. [3] D. neivensis was later found to be synonymous with both Brachygnathosuchus braziliensis and Purussaurus brasiliensis , being reassigned in 1924 to the senior synonym P. brasiliensis . [ 4 ]