Newly discovered fossils of an ancient cousin of modern crocodiles suggest that adults of the species may have been dinosaur-munching behemoths that grew to the length of a school bus and weighed as much as 8 metric tons.
A 1.5-meter fossil skull of Sarcosuchus imperator dwarfs the 50-centimeter skull of a modern-day adult Orinoco crocodile.
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