Walking with Dinosaurs: Deinosuchus

Deinosuchus riograndensis
Named by Edwin Colbert and Roland T. Bird, 1954 [Generic name by Ebenezer Emmons, 1858; Note: around the time of the species discription, it was under the name Phobosuchus (Franz Nopsca, 1924) or "Horror crocodile," before later assigning the original specimens to Deinosuchus by Jack Horner and Donald Baird and has been accepted by most modern authorities]
Diet: Carnivore [Prey included fish, pterosaurs, mostly turtles such as Terlinguachelys, birds, small marine reptiles, and dinosaurs such as hadrosaurs (Kritosaurus, Angulomastactor, Gryposaurus, and Parasaurolophus), ceratopsids (Agujaceratops, Kosmoceratops, Utahceratops, and Nasutoceratops), other ornithischians (Texacephale), small theropods (Troodon, Talos, Saurornitholestes, and Ornithomimus), and even tyrannosaurids (Pictured eating a juvenile Teratophoneus)]
Type: Neosuchian (Eusuchian, crocodilian alligatorid) crocodylimorph
Size: 33 to 35 feet long and around 8.5 tons based on the fragmentary remains
Region: North America (Texas, Utah, Wyoming, and Montana USA and Northern Mexico)
Age: Late Cretaceous (80 to 73 million BC; Campanian) (Much older than what the original series portrays)
Rivals: Tyrannosaurids such as Daspletosaurus, Teratophoneus, and indeterminate ones (from Aguja Formation, Texas) in an African lion-Nile crocodile esque scenario ; sharks and large mosasaurs such as Tylosaurus if encountered while swimming in the Western Interior Seaway.
Episode: Walking with Dinosaurs Wonderbook video game 
Info: Prowling the bayous, mangrove swamps, brackish waters, and even out to sea (like saltwater crocodiles based on the fossil evidence) along the Western Interior Seaway of North America during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous period, Deinosuchus, or "terrible crocodile," was over 10 feet (3 meters) longer and 8 times more massive than the biggest living saltwater crocodile and was the top predator of the region, preying on not only fish and mostly turtles, but also unweary dinosaurs along the water's edge in a similar hunting method as what most modern-day crocodilians do, with an estimate bite force of around 23,000 lbs. (more powerful than a Tyrannosaurus rex's). Studies of growth rates in its scutes show that during its lifespan of over 50 years, this giant alligator grew 1 feet (30 centimeters) per year about the same as modern crocodilians, but by age 35, the growth rate halts when it reaches full size and maturity.     

Note: Based on and a skull of Deinosuchus. 

Before you point out, yes I'm now doing the Early Cretaceous period and yes Deinosuchus is from the Late Cretaceous period. So why am I doing and posting it early. Well I'm doing this for the honor and dedication of the 'Crocodile Hunter' Steve Irwin, who was stung right through the heart by a stingray in Batt Reef, Australia on this day 10 years ago and died when the stingray's venomous barb was taken out (I was in my freshman year in high school back then). We and your family will still miss you and never forget to this day Steve Irwin!          

Also I was listening to "Crocodile Rock" by Elton John while doing the artwork coincidentally!   

On 10/7/2018, I updated it and based its coloration on those of a saltwater crocodile sorta and I forgot that it appeared in the Wonderbook video game of Walking with Dinosaurs. So I am gonna change the Death of a Dynasty Deinosuchus into Thoracosaurus due to the age, area, and physical appearance. 

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