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Eurekasaurus! Paleontologists have just discovered a large group of crocodiles in the Saharan desert in Africa. They have found many new species of ancient crocodiles that challenge the way people think of crocs today. They have been given colorful nicknames such as PancakeCroc, DuckCroc, RatCroc, BoarCroc and DogCroc.
Each of them show strange characteristics of crocodiles. PancakeCroc had a long, wide mouth that probably ate medium sized dinosaurs. Some of these fossils show that a few species could stand upright and run down dinosaurs! Yuckasaurus! Good thing I can fly.
Others such as BoarCroc sported large tusks that came out of their mouth. The new crocodiles also had brains that were different from modern ones, suggesting that they could have been much smarter.
One last important thing about this discovery is the kind of area they found these fossils in. The Saharan desert is now dry and harsh but these fossils show it was once a swampy, marshland with lots of water. Strange how the Earth changes over the years…. millions of years!

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EUREKASAURUS! Pterry here with another edition of Pterry’s True Science! This week we have a particularly incredible discovery that I had to share with you. Rex had stated before in a Daily Dino Fact that humans didn’t know anything about the color of dinosaurs. They didn’t, until now!
For the first time ever in the history of paleontology, humans have solid evidence of dinosaur color. The evidence comes from a recent discovery of a dinosaur called Sinosauropteryx that was found in China. A reddish-orange color was found in the tail feathers of a recent specimen, giving scientists their first proof about pigment in dinosaurs. Artists renditions of dinosaurs have been around for a while but up until now the coloring has always been made up completely by the artist.
Sinosauropteryx was a smallish theropod who relied on eating fast little creatures (maybe rodents) for their meals. They existed during the Early Cretaceous and may have been a close relative of the Compy. This is such an exciting discovery, I wonder what they will find out next?

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Eurekasaurus! Pterry here. I was getting ready for the big 4th of July party this Sunday when I came across this magnificent new finding! In the modern age, most animals you see are miniature compared to ancient creatures. Even modern day birds don’t even come close to my size and wingspan! With the exception of the blue whale, the largest animal ever known, ancient animals were beasts.

The latest find by paleontologists is no exception. Recently they uncovered the remains of Leviathan melvillei, one of the biggest predators ever measuring over 50 ft (15.2 cm) long! Their teeth alone were about 15 inches (36 cm) long and 5 in (12.7 cm) thick. My, those are giant teeth. They were situated perfectly to grab prey and rip the flesh right from their bodies with powerful jaw muscles. Not to mention that the mouth itself was 9 feet (2.7 m) long and 7 feet (2.1 m) wide. Yes, it could swallow you humans in one bite.

These giants beasts were the ancestors of the modern day killer whale, living about 12 to 13 million years ago in the Neogene time period. This means they likely would have competed with the ferocious Megalodon. There is no fossil evidence to support this, but I’m sure they did battle from time to time. What do you think?

For now I’m signing out, see you at the party!