@notBenMohler et al. @uarizona and @WesternCenter describe first remains of the enormous #alligatoroid #Deinosuchus from the Upper Cretaceous Menefee Formation, New Mexico
Read the full @PeerJLife article https://t.co/WzzOckot2v
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#Deinosuchus: probably murdering #Tyrannosaurs a few million yrs earlier than previously thought.
Even Tyrants had to lower their heads to drink.
@notBenMohler/@ZDIG_Official/@WesternCenter have found the #Dinosaur-killer in the #MenefeeFormation: https://t.co/Sjx4eOfXgX https://t.co/rolfjhPpvU
Congrats to @notBenMohler & coauthors (including WSC Curator Andrew McDonald) on the publication of the 1st record of Deinosuchus from the Menefee Formation, part of our ongoing project w/ @ZDIG_Official!
Read the @thePeerJ paper: https://t.co/IZ3QmchBIg
Art by @BrianEngh_Art https://t.co/StTLzvQ0ZP
Diagnosis was made using osteoderm morphology, which is unlike that of any other Campanian crocodilian. We also report two caudal vertebrae and an associated tooth.
This study lives at @thePeerJ, where it is free to access for the public forever.
https://t.co/A02GRtcXgL
First remains of the enormous alligatoroid Deinosuchus from the Upper Cretaceous Menefee Formation, New Mexico
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