900-Pound Ancient Crocodile, Anthracosuchus Balrogus, Named

[Oxytropidoceras]

UF study names ancient crocodilian featured in Titanoboa

documentary, University of Florida, May 23, 2014

http://news.ufl.edu/2014/05/23/ancient-crocodile-species/

Mega-croc vs supersnake: Researchers reveal 16-foot,

900-pound ancient species of crocodile that battled with

58 foot Titanoboa snake 60 million years ago

by Mark rigg, Mail Online, May 28, 2014,

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2642020/Mega-croc-vs-supersnake-Researchers-reveal-16-foot-900-pound-ancient-species-crocodile-battled-58-foot-Titanoboa-snake-60-million-years-ago.html

Hastings^, A. K., J. I. Bloch^, and C. A. Jaramillo^, 2014,

A new blunt-snouted dyrosaurid, Anthracosuchus

balrogus gen. et sp. nov. (Crocodylomorpha,

Mesoeucrocodylia), from the Palaeocene of Colombia.

Historical Biology. Published online: 23 May 2014

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08912963.2014.918968

PDF at http://www.stri.si.edu/sites/publications/PDFs/Hasting_2014_anthracosuchus_Cerrejon.pdf

Yopurs,

Paul H.

[Scylla]

Thanks Paul, very cool ecosystem emerging from the coal.