A new study has shed more light on gigantic "terror crocodiles," that once roamed the world and preyed on dinosaurs with teeth "the size of bananas."

The research, which was conducted in 2018, published this week in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. It found that the Deinosuchus -- a lineage of giant Late Cretacecous crocodylians from North America -- were nearly as long as city buses, growing up to 33 feet in length, according to the study authors.

"Deinosuchus was a giant that must have terrorized dinosaurs that came to the water's edge to drink," Dr. Cossette, co-author of the study, said in in a news release announcing the research's findings.

"Until now, the complete animal was unknown. These new specimens we've examined reveal a bizarre, monstrous predator with teeth the size of bananas."

Deinosuchus' name means "terror crocodiles," but the study's authors say that they more closely resembled alligators. However, the Deinosuchus snout was long and broad, and it had two mysterious holes at the tip of its snout, which differentiated it from both alligators and crocodiles.

There were at least three species of Deinosuchus, and they lived in the west of America from Montana to northern Mexico and along the Atlantic coastal plain from New Jersey to Mississippi, the researchers said.

The Deinosuchus was likely the largest predator in its ecosystem, outweighing even the largest predatory dinosaurs living in the same era. Researchers discovered bite marks on everything from dinosaur bones to turtle shells.

Luckily, these "terror crocodiles" lived between 75 and 82 million years ago. "It was a strange animal," Professor Christopher Brochu, co-author of the study, said in the news release.

"It shows that crocodylians are not 'living fossils' that haven't changed since the age of dinosaurs. They've evolved just as dynamically as any other group."

It is unknown what happened to the Deinosuchus and how they became extinct, as the study authors found that they disappeared before the main mass extinction at the end of the age of dinosaurs.

Notatribalist:
82 million years ago,make una dey deceive una self.

iamyemiakins:
All these researchers sef ehn, 82 million years kwa

donprincebigt:
this people can lie ehn. even Jesus didn't record million years
na them dey know where them dey see the calendar of 82million years ago

iamyemiakins:
All these researchers sef ehn, 82 million years kwa

espn:
And again...another fabricated discovery...No be only 82m years...

Juliusmomoh:
82 million years ago ? .. Who was counting it ?

estyvino:


No mind them, who has been counting the years

post=92796638]82 MILLION years ago?!

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[quote author=Notatribalist:
82 million years ago,make una dey deceive una self.

yrex01:
shut up. Stop licking all poo these people feed u.

spy24:
Which one be 87 million years again

dazzlingd:
All these illiterates that have access to internet above commenting who has been counting the years.

dazzlingd:
All these illiterates that have access to internet above commenting who has been counting the years.

You all don't deserve a 21st century existence.
Stop watching nollywood and read up on science, watch videos to understand the universe u live in..
It may not be your faults u grew up in a very religious and backward part of the world, but u are doing yourself intellectual harm by not trying to free yourselves from ignorance.

Continue asking;
How do scientist know that the earth is not flat?
How do they know the sex of a child before it is born
How did they shoot satellites into the space, why are the satellites not falling?
How did they land on the moon?
How did they know the speed of light
How did they know the diameter of the earth
How did they make telephones?
How did they know there is oil beneath
How did they estmate the ages of rock

You guys should grow up, a 12 year old child in germany or china will be disappointed seeing your ignorant way of questioning things

Notatribalist:
We should read on science, the earlier you realize science is not perfect the better for you..read how science got fooled by sperm for many years.
https://www.nairaland.com/6034439/sperm-dont-really-swim-spin

timibare:
Everything about Dinosaur na fiction....dat stuff never existed

yrex01:
shut up. Stop licking all poo these people feed u.

post=92796638:
82 MILLION years ago?!
End of thread!!