King of the Crocodylians

King of the Crocodylians
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Publisher : Indiana University Press
Total Pages : 276
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ISBN-10 : 025334087X
ISBN-13 : 9780253340870
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Book Synopsis King of the Crocodylians by : David R. Schwimmer

Download or read book King of the Crocodylians written by David R. Schwimmer and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2002-06-12 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Toward the end of the Age of Dinosaurs, during a time known as the Late Cretaceous, a new type of giant predator appeared along the southern coasts of North America. It was a huge species of crocodylian called Deinosuchus. Neither a crocodile nor an alligator, it was an ancestor of both modern groups; it reached weights of many tons and it had some features unique to its own species. Average-sized individuals were bigger than the carnivorous dinosaurs with which they co-existed; the largest specimens were the size of a T-rex. King of the Crocodylians, the biography of these giant beasts, tells the long history of their discovery and reports on new research about their makeup. The book also deals with the ancient life and geology of the coastal areas where Deinosuchus thrived, its competitors, and its prey, which probably included carnivorous dinosaurs. There is also detailed discussion of the methods used to determine the size of these giant animals, the dating of the fossils, the nature of their living environments, and how we know who ate whom 80 million years ago.


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