Saturday, March 21, 2015

Suchomimus

Suchomimus





Suchomimus ("crocodile mimic") is a genus of large spinosaurid dinosaur with a crocodile-like skull that lived between 121–113 million years ago, during the late Aptian stage of the Cretaceous period in Niger, Africa.[1] The only species named in the genus is Suchomimus tenerensis.
In 2010, Gregory S. Paul gave lower estimations of 9.5 metres and 2.5 tonnes.[3]
Its diets are fish and meats.The skull is reminiscent of that of crocodilians that eat mainly fish.
The overall impression is of a massive and powerful creature that ate fish and presumably other sorts of meat — carrion, if nothing else was available — more than 113 million years ago, when what is today part of the Sahara formed a lush, swampy habitat.



information and pictures from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suchomimus



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