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The bite force of Deinosuchus has been estimated to be 18,000 N (1,835 kgf; 4,047 lbf) [8] to 102,803 N (10,483 kgf; 23,111 lbf). [19] Deinosuchus had a secondary bony palate, which would have permitted it to breathe through its nostrils while the rest of the head remained submerged underwater. [20]
A day's journey in pre-modern literature, including the Bible [1] [2] and ancient geographers and ethnographers such as Herodotus, is a measurement of distance. In the Bible, it is not as precisely defined as other Biblical measurements of distance ; the distance has been estimated from 32 to 40 kilometers (20 to 25 miles).
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 ...
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A fast-spreading wildfire that erupted this week about 45 miles northwest of Los Angeles roared from nothing to nearly 10,000 acres − in a matter of hours.
Although Deinosuchus was far larger than any modern crocodile or alligator, with the largest adults measuring 10.6 m (35 ft) in total length, its overall appearance was fairly similar to its smaller relatives.
Newark Advocate veterans columnist Doug Stout of the Licking County Library chronicles the first ocean voyage of then 1st Lt. Perry Miles.
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous Alligator relative Deinosuchus †Deinosuchus †Deinosuchus rugosus †Dentalium †Dentalium leve †Didelphodon – or unidentified comparable form †Didymoceras †Diplocynodon †Diplurus – or unidentified comparable form †Discoscaphites †Discoscaphites conradi †Discoscaphites gulosus