PRONUNCIATION: | die-no-SUE-kus |
TRANSLATION: | Terrible Crocodile |
DESCRIPTION: | Carnivore |
ORDER: | Crocodylia |
SUBORDER: | Eusuchia |
FAMILY: | Crocodylidae |
LENGTH: | 30 feet (9 meters) |
WEIGHT: | 5,500 - 11,000 pounds (2.75 - 5.5 tons) |
PERIOD: | Cretaceous |
NOTES: | Currently there are very few remains of the Deinosuchus that have been discovered. There has been only a skull of the animal found, that was measured at 6 feet in length. These animals most likely inhabited swamps, layed low until their pray came close and then pounced. |
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