Deinosuchus (s {respell|DY|nə|SEW|kəs}) is an extinct genus related to the alligator that lived 80 to 73 million years ago (Ma), during the late Cretaceous period. The name translates as `terrible crocodile` and is derived from the Greek deinos (δεινός), `terrible`, and soukhos (σοῦχος), `crocodile`. The first remains were dis...
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(pronounced die-no-SUE-kus) Deinosuchus meaning terrible crocodile) was the largest crocodylian (a reptile but not a dinosaur), growing up to 30 feet (9 meters) long and weighing perhaps 5,500 - 11,000 pounds (2,500 - 5,000 kg). It lived during the late Cretaceous period (about 85 to 66 million years ago). This carnivore (meat-eater) lived on the s...
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