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7 meter long prehistoric gator found in Japan

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  • Registered Users Posts: 25,560 ✭✭✭✭Kess73


    A gator the size of a Saltie. :)


    Not as dramatically bigger than the largest modern gator on record compared to how much larger than modern croc some of the extinct crocs are. But does make me wonder if there is some uber gator whose remains are still waiting to be found.


    Although I guess we could make a case for Deinosuchus being that giant gator


  • Registered Users Posts: 5,279 ✭✭✭Adam Khor


    Kess73 wrote: »
    A gator the size of a Saltie. :)


    Not as dramatically bigger than the largest modern gator on record compared to how much larger than modern croc some of the extinct crocs are. But does make me wonder if there is some uber gator whose remains are still waiting to be found.


    Although I guess we could make a case for Deinosuchus being that giant gator

    Assuming of course it actually IS a gator, instead of being simply translated as such...

    Meanwhile, we have Purussaurus as the uber alligatorid, even if it's technically a caiman and not an alligator:

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  • Registered Users Posts: 30,746 ✭✭✭✭Galvasean


    Adam Khor wrote: »
    Assuming of course it actually IS a gator, i


    3775149443_b37a9e9dcc.jpg

    Oh Purussaurus, what a tiny body you have! :pac:


  • Registered Users Posts: 25,560 ✭✭✭✭Kess73


    Adam Khor wrote: »
    Assuming of course it actually IS a gator, instead of being simply translated as such...

    Meanwhile, we have Purussaurus as the uber alligatorid, even if it's technically a caiman and not an alligator:



    So not our uber gator then :p


  • Registered Users Posts: 5,279 ✭✭✭Adam Khor


    Kess73 wrote: »
    So not our uber gator then :p

    But I'm not sure you can call Deinosuchus a gator either... :(


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  • Registered Users Posts: 30,746 ✭✭✭✭Galvasean




  • Registered Users Posts: 25,560 ✭✭✭✭Kess73


    Ahh cheaply made poorly acted creature features. Now that I can get onboard with. :)


  • Registered Users Posts: 25,560 ✭✭✭✭Kess73


    Adam Khor wrote: »
    But I'm not sure you can call Deinosuchus a gator either... :(


    True, but it would be easier to make a case for it based on what is currently known.


  • Registered Users Posts: 5,279 ✭✭✭Adam Khor


    Why do they explode whenever they touch anything? :pac:

    Also, they're on the Everglades and they're surprised that "there's something in the water"? :rolleyes:


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