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Howdy all. I'm curious, how many species of crocodylomorphs are known from the Black Creek group and what are they? All I know of is: - Deinosuchus schwimmeri - Borealosuchus formidabilis - goniopholididae indet.
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Is it possible that large crocodylians such as Deinosuchus and Purussaurus could have had levels of intelligence similar to that of say, elephants? Could larger body sizes equal higher intelligence? Crocodylians are already very intelligent, so I think it may be possible that as their body sizes increase, so do their levels of intelligence. This may seem impossible at first, but this has happened with other archosaurs as well. Tyrannosaurus is possibly the best example of this. Its relatives likely had intelligence comparable to that of bears and wolves, but as it got larger, its intelligence became more comparable to that of primates and corvids. I suppose to prove this we'd have to scan the brain case of a deinosuchus or purussaurus. This has to be the most elaborite shower thought I've ever come up with.
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Hello dear fellow forum members, I have been offered a bundle of bones and teeth from one of the formations subsumed under "kem kem", although the more blackish ones seem to be of a different preservation than the "classic". There are quite some interesting pieces in there, amongst some turtle bones I think. I would be grateful for any hints on ID you can give me. first some of the tentative turtles.
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Recently visited the Green Mill Run area in NC and found some fossils that thought would peak some interest but need the help of identification. I know the site can have a bit Cretaceous but also Eocene and Pliocene, so it can make it harder to identify things. The first one I assume might be crocodylian or maybe turtle, not sure. Those thick grooves make me think maybe crocodylian. The second seems like, from looking at the root base, a possible theropod tooth? I thought maybe claw of a turtle, but seeing that thick base makes me think otherwise. Lastly found what I think is some claw. Of what? I don't know. Dromeaosaur? The tip is clearly broken off, but the grooves on the underside are clearly noticeable. Any insight would be of great help. Thanks!
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Pleistocene "Swamp King" (Croc) from South East Queensland
Oxytropidoceras posted a topic in Fossil News
Crikey! Massive prehistoric croc emerges from South East Queensland University of Queensland, Science Daily, December 21, 2021 The open access paper is: Ristevski, J., Yates, A.M., Price, G.J., Molnar, R.E., Weisbecker, V. and Salisbury, S.W., 2020. Australia’s prehistoric ‘swamp king’: revision of the Plio-Pleistocene crocodylian genus Pallimnarchus de Vis, 1886. PeerJ, 8, p.e10466 Yours, Paul H.-
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