Crocodile Ancestor Was Top Predator Before Dinosaurs Roamed North America
Thursday, March 19, 2015 - 06:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Carnufex carolinensis, or the "Carolina Butcher," was a 9-foot long, land-dwelling crocodylomorph that walked on its hind legs and likely preyed upon smaller inhabitants of North Carolina ecosystems such as armored reptiles and early mammal relatives.