This was no ordinary predator—this was Deinosuchus, a crocodilian so formidable it dared to hunt dinosaurs. Its name alone, meaning “terrible crocodile,” sends shivers down the spine ...

Deinosuchus was one of the largest crocodilians that ever lived, with a body nearly as long as a bus and teeth the size of bananas. From about 82 million to 75 million years ago, the top predator ...

Paleontologists have been on the trail of Deinosuchus since a pair of fossilized teeth were found in North Carolina in 1858. Since that time the reptile’s fossilized teeth, bony armor ...

An artist's impression of the Late Cretaceous crocodilian Deinosuchus riograndensis and a much smaller, early alligator relative. Márton Szabó More than 75 million years ago, a giant reptile ...

In their study published in the journal Communications Biology, the group took a closer look at Deinosuchus fossils and those of other species to determine whether it was saltwater-tolerant.

The giant crocodilian Deinosuchus was a top predator in wetlands habitats of the late Cretaceous. Here Deinosuchus hatcheri, a species from a rock formation in what is now Utah, chows down on a ...