Deinosuchus is an extinct genus of crocodilian related to the modern alligator that lived 82 to 73 million years ago , during the late Cretaceous period. The name translates as “terrible crocodile”, A relative of modern alligators, it was the length of a school bus and six times the weight of the largest saltwater crocodiles. It is believed to have had a bite force of up to 18,000 newtons (4,000 lbs of force), about twice that of modern alligators.
Morphology
Despise its huge size, the deinosuchus was not that diferent from modern crocodiles with an Alligator like snout, The skull of Deinosuchus itself was of a unique shape not seen in any other living or extinct crocodilians; the skull was broad, but inflated at the front around the nares.
here is a Deinosuchus compare in size to other crocodiles
Habitat
It Lived in the Western Interior Seaway in the Middle of Today’s North America, The distribution of Deinosuchus specimens indicates these giant crocodilians may have preferred estuarine environments.
Diet
Deinosuchus because of its huge size its believe he manly hunted dinosaurs as food, its probably dined on ornithopods like the Kritosaurus, Fish and Sea Turtles, it is believed that the Deinosuchus hunted like modern alligators and could even do the Death Roll.
its was a big and hungry gator
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