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Terminonaris, new prehistoric croc
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20-07-2011 11:56pm#1Just found out about this one :> Seems that Terminonaris, a gharial-like Sarcosuchus relative, was already found from other parts of the world and was thought to have appeared in Europe- however the new specimen is also the oldest-96 million years- and was found in Texas.
It would have been around 7.6 meters, maybe up to 8 meters, being larger than modern day saltwater crocs.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2015499/Meet-25ft-prehistoric-Texas-crocodile-Terminonaris-lived-96-million-years-ago.html
And here a photo of a Terminonaris skull (not the new one):
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being gharial like I assume it was mainly a fish eater. But if it was so big, it makes me wonder on what it's food supply may have been.
Yes, probably mainly a fish eater, but let us not forget that the false gharial eats deer and monkeys once in a while, and this one even ate a grown up man (its not the first time it happens) after snatching him from shallow waters:
Huge and all, this false gharial is smaller than Terminonaris, so...0
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