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Post by zopteryx on Feb 20, 2012 5:09:27 GMT
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Post by gwangi on Feb 20, 2012 5:11:24 GMT
I was named in 2012 so it can't be THAT old. Very interesting crocodile, it is amazing just how diverse they were. I read about it on a paleo blog but I cannot recall which one.
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Post by zopteryx on Feb 20, 2012 5:17:04 GMT
I wonder if it used those extra blood vessels on its head to blush red in breeding season, maybe illuminating that supposed eyespot. If not, they still would have aided in thermoregulation.
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Post by lio99 on Feb 20, 2012 5:19:17 GMT
Did it just mention it was 21m long?
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Post by zopteryx on Feb 20, 2012 5:25:39 GMT
Did it just mention it was 21m long? Well that's the max estimate, it was probably considerably smaller. I still wouldn't want to be in the water with it though!  |
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Post by dinosauroid on Feb 21, 2012 1:26:18 GMT
"Duck-faced" crocodile, pretty cool, nice find.
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Post by lio99 on Feb 21, 2012 2:37:33 GMT
Did it just mention it was 21m long? Well that's the max estimate, it was probably considerably smaller. I still wouldn't want to be in the water with it though! well i guess the shastasaurus is still the largest carnivore. |
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Post by brontozaurus on Feb 21, 2012 23:35:56 GMT
Well that's the max estimate, it was probably considerably smaller. I still wouldn't want to be in the water with it though! well i guess the shastasaurus is still the largest carnivore. Although Shastasaurus would have been the safer of the two to swim with, as it seems to have been a toothless suction feeder. |
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Post by weaver on Mar 8, 2012 5:04:29 GMT
Oh wow, welp in my mind I like the idea of a croc sort of... pushing aside mud to dig for salamandars and invertebrates.
Sheildcroc is just a little less scary than Boarcroc but definitely a neat animal. Love it!
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Post by kuni on Mar 9, 2012 18:24:57 GMT
well i guess the shastasaurus is still the largest carnivore. Although Shastasaurus would have been the safer of the two to swim with, as it seems to have been a toothless suction feeder. A suction feeder easily large enough to engulf a human... |
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Post by kevtk135 on Mar 10, 2012 2:54:04 GMT
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Post by brontozaurus on Mar 10, 2012 5:21:21 GMT
Although Shastasaurus would have been the safer of the two to swim with, as it seems to have been a toothless suction feeder. A suction feeder easily large enough to engulf a human... I dunno, the size chart on wikipedia makes it look like it'd clog up if it tried to suck up a person. |
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