'Terror crocs' had teeth the size of bananas

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A new study, revisiting fossil specimens from the enormous crocodylian, Deinosuchus, has confirmed that the beast had teeth "the size of bananas," capable of taking down even the very largest of dinosaurs.

The research, published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, also reveals various kinds of 'terror crocodile.' Two species, entitled Deinosuchus hatcheri and Deinosuchus riograndensis lived in the west of America, ranging from Montana to northern Mexico. Another, Deinosuchus schwimmeri, lived along the Atlantic coastal plain from New Jersey to Mississippi.

Ranging in up to 33 feet in length Deinosuchus, though, has been known to be one of the largest, if not the largest, crocodylian genera ever in existence. It was the largest predator in its ecosystem, outweighing even the largest predatory dinosaurs living alongside them between 75 and 82 million years ago.

https://phys.org/news/2020-08-power-deinosuchus-teeth-size-bananas.html

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2020.1767638

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I was just reading about this and about to share here. Scary thoughts, "Terror Crocs", nearly the size of city buses  

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Deinosuchus prey were giant herbivorous dinosaurs. Herbivorous means feeding on plants.