Feels nice to have gotten to use that as inspiration for this paleoart piece :P
Feels nice to have gotten to use that as inspiration for this paleoart piece :P
(TW: Paleoart gore)
(TW: Paleoart gore)
(this is the holotype of a new genus)
(this is the holotype of a new genus)
It resembles a gator, but its a basal neosuchian that converged on the ecology of modern crocs much earlier
like other goniopholidids it had very weird pits on its maxilla, only 2 rows of big dorsal rectangular osteoderms, and an armoured neck and belly
It resembles a gator, but its a basal neosuchian that converged on the ecology of modern crocs much earlier
like other goniopholidids it had very weird pits on its maxilla, only 2 rows of big dorsal rectangular osteoderms, and an armoured neck and belly
Sarcosuchus imperator
Sarcosuchus imperator