I was watching a documentary and it was about a skull discovered in the Amazon of a prehistoric crocodilian that grows to 50 ft, five feet tall and out weighs (they think) a tyrannosaurus.
The name sounded like Poorasaurus or maybe it was Poorasuchus but I can't find anything with that spelling, which is incorrect. The latin name translates to "terrible crocodile".
Does anyone know the name?
2007-03-19 06:08:07 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
I forgot to mention that they said it existed after dinosaurs were extinct.
2007-03-20 06:07:17 · update #1
Needless to say, it is not Deinosuchus.
2007-03-20 06:08:35 · update #2
Would that be Purrusaurus by any chance? Seems to fit the bill - found in Amazon, 20 million years old, 5 foot skull, estimated 50 foot in length...
Not sure about the translation - doesn't seem to scan - saurus meaning "lizard" in latin and purru seems to mean "ball" in an aboriginal language, which given the specimen came from the Amazon doesn't really make sense either. Deinosuchus however does quite literally mean "terrible crocodile" in latin.
Hope that helps,
2007-03-25 12:30:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Phobosuchus riograndensis was a huge crocodile that lived about 70 million years ago, which was during the late Cretaceous. It was about 50 feet (15 m.) long. The head was 6 feet (1.8 m.) in length. Phobosuchus had teeth that were 4 inches (10 cm.) long. It is the largest Crocodile species known to have ever lived on this planet."
http://www.infohub.com/forums/printthread.php?t=5316
2007-03-19 07:28:42 · answer #2 · answered by Yahzmin ♥♥ 4ever 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think it was probably Phobosuchus, the name of which would more properly be 'fear crocodile'
It lived in the late Cretaceous, about 70 million years ago (the same time as the dinosaurs), and its skull alone is over 6 feet long.
2007-03-19 07:11:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋