Brachychampsa montana Gilmore, 1911
Crocodylomorpha
Crocodilia
Alligatoroidea
Gobidonta
Late Cretaceous
Hell Creek Fm (Maastrichtian)
Montana, US
Length: 3 m
This ancestral freshwater alligatoroid from North America had robust teeth capable of crushing the shell of turtles. It is one of the animals that survived the K-T extinction event.
July 2, 2016
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