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.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Actually the creature on the poster appears more viable than the one in the article.
The Lord God made them all.
I’d like to see Chris Davis change a tire while his car was going 40 mph... that would be cooler than seeing a proto-Cajun’s supper crawl out of the swamp!
It looks a little limp wristed, maybe that’s why they are extinct.
They too are God’s creation. I also like to believe even Dinosaurs go to Heaven too. I like to believe that there is a place where they roam and children can go ride on them and they will not be harm by them.
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