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Giant crocodile-like predators once ruled the Caribbean
A long time ago, strange predators roamed the Caribbean — not just birds and snakes, but land-dwelling crocodiles that ...
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Giant 410kg monster crocodile restrained by brave locals as many marvel at size of beast
The massive reptile was captured in Malaysia on Wednesday morning as a number of residents living near Batu Pahat River ...
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Giant prehistoric crocodile cousins once ruled the Caribbean, study finds
These sebecids were the last survivors of a group of ancient crocodile relatives called Notosuchia. Unlike today’s crocodiles ...
An ancient ‘terror crocodile’ became a dinosaur-eating giant. Scientists say they now know why
One of the largest crocodilians that ever lived preyed on dinosaurs. New research has found the fearsome Deinosuchus had a ...
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Giant crocodile in the Caribbean? Fossils reveal a lost apex predator
Long thought extinct, sebecid fossils found in the Dominican Republic are rewriting what we know about ancient predators in ...
Fossil of a prehistoric land crocodile, which grew up to 20 feet in length, found in the Caribbean
Paleontologists uncover fossils of a massive sebecid crocodile, revealing its existence in the Caribbean long after it was ...
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Villagers trap giant crocodile weighing 410kg on plantation
BATU PAHAT - Villagers in Kampung Parit Gantong Laut, Taman Nira, captured a 4.5-metre female crocodile weighing 410kg this ...
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New evidence moves early giant crocodile further from modern alligator on family tree
An international team of paleontologists, geologists, geoscientists and Earth scientists has found evidence that a type of giant crocodile that lived millions of years ago in what is now North ...
20 Feet Long: Giant Croc-Like Predator Discovered in the Caribbean
Fossils reveal that sebecids, long-extinct land predators, survived far longer in the Caribbean than previously thought, ...
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Giant carnivorous crocodiles were once the Caribbean’s top predators
Giant crocodile ancestors "built like a greyhound" were the top predators in the Caribbean 20 million years ago, reveals new research. The massive carnivores, called sebecids, stood tall - with ...