Araripesuchus
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One of its species had an enlarged first lower tooth pointing forward, like a rodent's incisor. It reached up to 1 metre.
Photo: Todd Marshall (CC BY 3.0)
Today's crocodiles are the survivors of a far more varied family. Back in the Late Triassic over 200 million years ago, some relatives were slim runners on long legs. In the Jurassic, others lived out at sea with paddles instead of feet. A few hunted on land like true land predators.
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Baurusuchus
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This land predator was nothing like a river crocodile. Its serrated, blade-like teeth and its skull recall a Komodo dragon instead. It ambushed its prey, bit it and pulled back.
Photo: Petr Menshikov (https://twitter.com/Petr75113553; https://vk.com/prehistoricproduction) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Bernissartia
Louis Dollo
Only 60 cm long: it is one of the smallest crocodyliforms that ever lived. Its long pointed front teeth were probably useful for catching fish. The broad flat ones at the back crushed hard food such as shellfish and possibly bones. It was probably semi-aquatic and is named after Bernissart in Belgium where Louis Dollo described it in 1883.
Photo: Nobu Tamura (CC BY 3.0)
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