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Stomatosuchus
Fossil range: Cenomanian

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Subclass:	Diapsida
Infraclass:	Archosauromorpha
Order:	Crocodilia
Family:	Stomatosuchidae
Genus:	Stomatosuchus
Species:	S. \|-\|The Cenomanian age (also known as Woodbinian by the [[ICS]] is the first or earliest or oldest Geochronological "geologic age" Chordates ( Phylum Chordata) are a group of Animals that includes the Vertebrates together with several closely related Invertebrates Reptiles, or members of the class Reptilia are air-breathing Cold-blooded Vertebrates that have skin covered in scales as opposed to hair or feathers Diapsids ("two arches" are a group of Reptiles that developed two holes ( Temporal fenestra) in each side of their Skulls about 300 Million Archosauromorpha ( Greek for "ruling lizard forms" is an Infraclass of Diapsid Reptiles that first appeared during the late Permian Crocodilia is an order of large Reptiles that appeared about 84 million years ago in the late Cretaceous Period ( Campanian stage inermis

Stomatosuchus inermis ("Weaponless mouth crocodile") was an enormous 12 meter long eusuchian^[1] crocodilian from the Cenomanian epoch of Upper Cretaceous Egypt. A crocodile is any Species belonging to the family Crocodylidae (sometimes classified instead as the Subfamily Crocodylinae) |-|The Cenomanian age (also known as Woodbinian by the [[ICS]] is the first or earliest or oldest Geochronological "geologic age" The Cretaceous (kriːˈteɪʃəs, usually abbreviated 'K' for its German translation "Kreide" is a geologic period and system, reaching from the end of Unlike most other crocodilians, it is difficult to determine exactly what S. inermis ate. Its flattened skull had a long, flat, lid-like snout, which was lined with 2 to 3 centimeter long teeth. The mandible was built like a gasket, and had no teeth. A gasket is a mechanical seal that fills the space between two objects generally to prevent leakage between the two objects while under compression. Some have suggested that this gasket-like lower jaw would have supported a pelican-like throat pouch ^[2]. As such, all researchers are certain that S. inermis was incapable of tackling large vertebrate prey.

This crocodilian probably relied on its size and scutes to defend itself, as it lacked large teeth. It was also probably not a fast swimmer, as its wide head was rather cumbersome. Most likely, only the females returned to land, in order to lay eggs. Even then, such a large, slow-moving animal would have been vulnerable to terrestrial predators, such as the spinosaurs Suchomimus and Spinosaurus, or the abelisaur Rugops. Spinosauridae is a family of unusual Theropod Dinosaurs Members of this group were large Bipedal Predators with elongated Crocodile Suchomimus ("crocodile mimic" is a Genus of large Spinosaurid Dinosaur with a Crocodile -like mouth that lived 110 to 120 Spinosaurus (meaning "spine lizard" is a Genus of theropod Dinosaur which lived in what is now North Africa, from Abelisaurs were a group of Ceratosaurian Dinosaurs which lived all over the southern hemisphere (with the exception of Tarascosaurus in Southern Rugops (meaning "wrinkle face" is a Genus of Theropod Dinosaur which inhabited what is now Africa approximately 95

Sadly, the only known specimen, a large skull, which was collected in German paleontologist Ernst Stromer's Egyptian expedition, was obliterated when the Munich Museum was destroyed during an Allied bombing raid in 1944. Ernst Freiherr Stromer von Reichenbach ( 12 June 1870 &ndash 18 December 1952) was a

References

^ Fossils explained 34 Crocodilians Darren Naish [1]
^ Fossils explained 34 Crocodilians Darren Naish [2]

External links

Mikko's Phylogeny Archive [3]

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