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Giant walking crocodile terrorised Earth before dinosaurs
telegraph.co.uk ^
| 19 Mar 2015
| Sarah Knapton
Posted on 03/19/2015 7:16:48 AM PDT by Gamecock
A terrifying crocodile which walked on its hind legs may have been the most deadly creature on Earth before the evolution of the biggest dinosaurs.
The newly discovered Carnufex carolinensis, or "Carolina Butcher," was a 9-foot long, land-dwelling proto-crocodile with huge snapping jaws.
It preyed on early mammals and armoured reptiles in the Late Triassic period, around 231 million years ago, when the Earth had just one huge continent, Pangea.
Paleontologists from North Carolina State University and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, discovered parts of the Carolina Butcher’s skull, spine and upper forelimb in Chatham County, North Carolina.
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posted on
03/19/2015 7:16:48 AM PDT
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Gamecock
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posted on
03/19/2015 7:17:12 AM PDT
by
Gamecock
(Joel Osteen is a minister of the Gospel like Captain Crunch is a Naval officer.)
Meanwhile, in SC:
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posted on
03/19/2015 7:19:26 AM PDT
by
Gamecock
(Joel Osteen is a minister of the Gospel like Captain Crunch is a Naval officer.)
To: Gamecock; null and void; Slings and Arrows; Daffynition
A terrifying crocodile which walked on its hind legs may have been the most deadly creature on Earth before the evolution of the biggest dinosaurs.
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03/19/2015 7:22:19 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Shickl-Gruber's Big Lie gave us Hussein's Un-Affordable Care act (HUAC).)
To: Gamecock
Similar creatures still walk the earth terrifying earthlings....they’re called government tax collectors.
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03/19/2015 7:26:31 AM PDT
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driftless2
(For long term happiness, learn how to play the accordion.)
To: Gamecock
Considering we have crocs that are larger than 9 feet, I don’t consider a 9 foot croc to be a terror.
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posted on
03/19/2015 7:26:41 AM PDT
by
rfreedom4u
(Do you know who Barry Soetoro is?)
To: Gamecock
Giant walking Man Child terrorizes Earth in 2015..
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posted on
03/19/2015 7:26:45 AM PDT
by
maddog55
(America Rising a new Civil War II needs to happen.)
To: Gamecock
He Gave Batman the Heimlich once...
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posted on
03/19/2015 7:27:06 AM PDT
by
GraceG
(Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
To: Gamecock
The Cowboys just signed the “Carolina Butcher.”
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posted on
03/19/2015 7:27:27 AM PDT
by
BigCinBigD
(...Was that okay?)
To: Gamecock
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posted on
03/19/2015 7:30:04 AM PDT
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
To: Gamecock; JoeProBono; dfwgator
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posted on
03/19/2015 7:32:00 AM PDT
by
Alex Murphy
("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
To: Gamecock
Carnufex carolinensis, or "Carolina Butcher," was a 9-foot long, land-dwelling proto-crocodile with huge snapping jaws Sounds like this would be a good mascot for a Carolina high school sports team.
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03/19/2015 7:39:57 AM PDT
by
Opinionated Blowhard
("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
To: Gamecock
Has cankles. Must be ancestor of Hillary Rodhamosaurus.
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03/19/2015 7:39:59 AM PDT
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FroggyTheGremlim
("Your apathy is their power." - Sarah Palin Jul 19, 2014)
To: Gamecock
There’s nothing odd about that picture.
Go to Louisiana and you can see a gator running on his back legs all the time, and if you listen you can hear him screaming RUN! RUN! EVERYBODY RUN! THERE’S A COONASS WITH COOKING POTS COMING.
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03/19/2015 7:41:11 AM PDT
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IMR 4350
To: rfreedom4u
If he is 9 feet tall, running on his back legs, and chasing you, I suspect that you would change your tune.
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03/19/2015 7:43:24 AM PDT
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Gamecock
(Joel Osteen is a minister of the Gospel like Captain Crunch is a Naval officer.)
To: eCSMaster
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posted on
03/19/2015 7:48:19 AM PDT
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tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
To: Alex Murphy
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posted on
03/19/2015 7:52:39 AM PDT
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JoeProBono
(SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
To: Gamecock
This 6 foot long crocodile skull is from Big Bend Texas...
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03/19/2015 7:52:46 AM PDT
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evets
(beer)
To: evets
I think this place was very different before Noah and the flood.
To: JoeProBono; evets
Awful overbite. Have they tried orthodontia?
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