30ft prehistoric crocodile discovered

Meh... Wildlife experts, however, argue that the largest crocodile so far found in the Bhitarkanika was almost 23 feet (7.0 m) long, which could be traced from the skull preserved by the Kanika Royal Family. The crocodile was shot near Dhamara in 1926 and later its skull was preserved by the then Kanika King. Crocodile experts estimate the animal was between 20 feet (6.1 m) and 23 feet (7.0 m) long, as the size of the skull was measured one ninth of the total length of the body.

Meh... Wildlife experts, however, argue that the largest crocodile so far found in the Bhitarkanika was almost 23 feet (7.0 m) long, which could be traced from the skull preserved by the Kanika Royal Family. The crocodile was shot near Dhamara in 1926 and later its skull was preserved by the then Kanika King. Crocodile experts estimate the animal was between 20 feet (6.1 m) and 23 feet (7.0 m) long, as the size of the skull was measured one ninth of the total length of the body. I am not sure the size is supposed to be the wow factor. Its five-foot head is a structure never seen before in croc... [More]

Hmm..Not bigger than Sarcosuchus.Anyway, it seems like all prehistoric crocodile names ends with suchus

I am not sure the size is supposed to be the wow factor. Its five-foot head is a structure never seen before in crocodiles. This thing was not 1/9th of total body length. I'm kinda curious about that myself. Seems to me that if we're making estimates on body size, with a creature who clearly has one feature that completely breaks the size patterns we use for that, then there's not really any reason to think there is any accuracy at all in the estimated size without further details first.

Deinosuchus was still larger and more powerful but then again i've always liked gators more,Interesting find