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Home / Discoveries / Sarcosuchus

Sarcosuchus

“Flesh Crocodile Emperor”

Stats

Type: crocodilian, meat eater
Age: 110 million years old
Length: 40 feet
Discovery site: Niger, West Africa

Links

  • National Geographic Press Release and Live Webcast
  • National Geographic Site
  • http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/10/1025_supercroc.html
  • Gary Staab’s “Making of Super Croc”
  • Super Croc Article from September 2008 in National Geographic Magazine
  • University of Chicago Press Release
  • Clip from ‘When Crocs Ate Dinosaurs’ on National Geographic’s Youtube Channel
  • Full film: http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/videos/when-crocs-ate-dinosaurs/
  • The Giant Crocodyliform Sarcosuchus from the Cretaceous of Africa

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  • Gary Staab Reconstruction
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    • Niger 2000
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