For some time now, paleontologists have known of a giant prehistoric crocodylian known as Deinosuchus. Now, however, it has been confirmed that the reptile was capable of killing and eating dinosaurs ...

Paleontologists have been on the trail of Deinosuchus since a pair of fossilized teeth were found in North Carolina in 1858. Since that time the reptile’s fossilized teeth, bony armor, skull pieces, ...

A new study has shed more light on gigantic “terror crocodiles,” that once roamed the world and preyed on dinosaurs with teeth “the size of bananas.” The ...

A prehistoric species has been named after a Columbus State University professor. CSU geology professor David Schwimmer is the namesake for Deinosuchus schwimmeri. That’s the scientific identity of ...

Giant "terror crocodiles" that reached more than 30 feet in length had teeth "the size of bananas," according to a newly published study. “Deinosuchus was a giant ...

Purussaurus was a giant species of caiman that went extinct millions of years ago, but this photograph does not show a genuine fossil. This is a replica model of a skull belonging to a different ...

Scientists claim to have cracked the code that led to a massive prehistoric reptile known as the ‘terror crocodile’ to become an expert at dining on dinosaurs in ...

More than 75 million years ago, a formidable carnivore lurked in the coastal swamps of North America. This ancient behemoth was not a dinosaur, but a 10-meter-long alligator that weighed up to seven ...

Crocodiles with teeth the size of bananas were apparently a nightmare that actually existed during the Late Cretaceous period. A pair of researchers with the University of Iowa decided to re-examine ...

"Deinosuchus was a giant that must have terrorized dinosaurs that came to the water's edge to drink." Paleontologists have long speculated that the massive beasts preyed on dinosaurs. The crocodiles ...