Oyogist has learned that Australian scientists have announced the discovery of a new species of crocodile.
The fossilised remains of the crocodile, named Confractosuchus sauroktonos – were recovered near a sheep station in Queensland and are believed to be more than 95 million years old.
They say it is the first evidence of crocodiles eating dinosaurs in Australia.
“The discovery of a small juvenile ornithopod in the gut contents of a Cretaceous-aged crocodile is extremely rare, as only a handful of examples of dinosaur predation are known globally,” the Australian Age of Dinosaurs Museum said.
Meanwhile scientists Disclosed that As at the time of its death this freshwater crocodile was around 2.5m long and still growing,”
“While Confractosuchus would not have specialised in eating dinosaurs it would not have overlooked an easy meal, such as the young ornithopod remains found in its stomach, a scientist, Dr White said.
