Deinosuchus | |
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Information | |
Range | North America (USA) |
Estimated Population | 0 |
Scientific Classification | |
Kingdom | Animalia |
Phylum | Chordata |
Class | Reptilia |
Order | Crocodylia |
Family | Alligatoroidea |
Genus | Deinosuchus |
Conservation Status | |
Extinct |
Deinosuchus was a genus of large alligatoroidea that once lived in the USA, North America during the late cretaceous period, about 82-73 million years ago.
Appearance[]
The Deinosuchus looked like any alligator except it was large growing up to 12 meters (39 feet) in length.
Behavior[]
Deinosuchus behaved and looked much like a modern crocodile or alligator. Wating at a river bed for its prey. There meeting rituals would have been the same as those of modern crocodilians. Mother deinosuchus would have cared for there young like crocs & alligators do in modern times.
Diet[]
Deinosuchus ate dinosaurs, pterosaurs, & large fish. It hid in the water while ambushing its prey. Deinosuchus jumped onto the shore and chomped the dinosaur into the water. Like crocodilians, today, the giant turned its prey over until it drowned.
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