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A 'terror crocodile' with teeth the 'size of bananas' once roamed the US: study - New York Post
Aug 11, 2020 1 min, 18 secs

Paleontologists are revealing new details about an ancient reptile described as having been the size of a city bus — growing up to 33 feet in length — and possessing teeth “the size of bananas.”.

Species of the Deinosuchus genus, which literally means “terror crocodile,” according to study authors, once roamed the United States.

During the Deinosuchus’ reign between 75 million and 82 million years ago, the country was split by the Western Interior Seaway, an ocean that once covered many Southern and Midwestern states, as well as parts of central Canada and the eastern portion of Mexico.

Adam Cossette, study co-author from the New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University.

These new specimens we’ve examined reveal a bizarre, monstrous predator with teeth the size of bananas.”?

In fact, the Deinosuchus are more closely related to an alligator than a croc, researchers noted, but their outsize skulls were unique to both creatures.

“These holes are unique to Deinosuchus and we do not know what they were for, further research down the line will hopefully help us unpick this mystery and we can learn further about this incredible creature.”.

Although the Deinosuchus lived alongside dinosaurs, their race disappeared even prior to the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event, which ultimately brought the reign of dinosaurs to an end.

“It was a strange animal,” said co-author Christopher Brochu, from the University of Iowa, in a statement?

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