close your eyes. can you 1.imagine a crocodile so big that it eats dinosaurs? scientists say such a crocodile really did live 110 million years ago in africa, but it vanished from earth even before the dinosaurs became extinct. they call it "supercroc."
in 2000, paul sereno and his team found some supercroc bones inthe sahara desert. after some
further searching, they had enough bones to make up 50 percent of supercroc's skeleton.
from their work, the scientists learned many details about supercroc's life for example, they now know it grew to about 8,000 kilograms (17,600 pounds) and that its strong jaws and stromg teeth were perfect for catching and holding prey. the bones are now in museums, so people can learn about are now in museums, so peple can learn about this amazing animal.