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Giant Crocodile-like Creature Ate Dinosaurs 70 Million Years Ago

Giant Crocodile-like Creature Ate Dinosaurs 70 Million Years Ago: image

Amassivecrocodile-likecreatureatedinosaursinArgentina70 million yearsago.

7000 萬年前,一種巨大的類似鱷魚的生物在阿根廷吃掉了恐龍。

ThegiantreptilewasnamedKostensuchusatroxandwasahyper-carnivore, meaningitmainlyconsumedmeat.

這隻巨型爬行動物名叫 Kostensuchus atrox,是一種超級食肉動物,這意味著它主要以肉類為食。

Giant Crocodile-like Creature Ate Dinosaurs 70 Million Years Ago: image

Thewell-preservedfossilisedskullandpartialskeletonprovidednewinsightsintotheancientcreature.

保存完好的化石頭骨和部分骨骼為了解這種古代生物提供了新的見解。

Kostensuchusatroxwaspartofanextinctgroupofreptilesrelatedtomoderncrocodilesandalligators.

科斯滕鱷 (Kostensuchus atrox) 屬於一種已滅絕的爬行動物,與現代鱷魚和短吻鱷有親緣關係。

Giant Crocodile-like Creature Ate Dinosaurs 70 Million Years Ago: image

Scientistsdeterminedthatthecreaturereached 3.5 metersinlengthandhadpowerfuljawscapableoftacklingmedium-sizeddinosaurs.

科學家確定這種生物體長可達 3.5 米,擁有強大的下顎,能夠對付中型恐龍。

Thecreaturealsohadrobustlimbs, possiblyforsubduinglargeprey, accordingtopaleontologistFernandoNovas.

古生物學家費爾南多·諾瓦斯 (Fernando Novas) 表示,這種生物還擁有強壯的四肢,可能是為了製服大型獵物。

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Anotherpredator, Deinosuchus, alsopreyedonlargedinosaursinthesamerockyareainPatagonia, Argentina.

另一種掠食者恐鱷也在阿根廷巴塔哥尼亞的同一岩石地區捕食大型恐龍。

ThisdiscoveryofanintactpeirosauridcrocodyliformintheChorrilloFormationshedsnewlightonprehistoricanimalsandtheirecosystem.

在 Chorrillo 組中發現的完整的鱷形龍科恐龍為史前動物及其生態系統提供了新的視角。

Giant Crocodile-like Creature Ate Dinosaurs 70 Million Years Ago: image

A massive crocodile-like creature ate dinosaurs in Argentina 70 million years ago.

The giant reptile was named Kostensuchus atrox and was a hyper-carnivore, meaning it mainly consumed meat.

Giant Crocodile-like Creature Ate Dinosaurs 70 Million Years Ago: image

The well-preserved fossilised skull and partial skeleton provided new insights into the ancient creature.

Kostensuchus atrox was part of an extinct group of reptiles related to modern crocodiles and alligators.

Giant Crocodile-like Creature Ate Dinosaurs 70 Million Years Ago: image

Scientists determined that the creature reached 3.5 meters in length and had powerful jaws capable of tackling medium-sized dinosaurs.

The creature also had robust limbs, possibly for subduing large prey, according to paleontologist Fernando Novas.

Giant Crocodile-like Creature Ate Dinosaurs 70 Million Years Ago: image

Another predator, Deinosuchus, also preyed on large dinosaurs in the same rocky area in Patagonia, Argentina.

This discovery of an intact peirosaurid crocodyliform in the Chorrillo Formation sheds new light on prehistoric animals and their ecosystem.