93-million-year-old Crocodile Found with Dinosaur Remains

• Palaeontologists made an amazing find. Queensland, Australia, has a 95-million-year-old crocodile skeleton.
• Researchers call the 8-foot-long crocodile Confractosuchus Sauroktonos.
• A crocodile “sheared” one of the Ornithopod’s femurs. Another femur has a teeth mark.

Palaeontologists made an amazing find. Queensland, Australia, has a 95-million-year-old crocodile skeleton. Unknown crocodile species. The crocodile also had a full lunch before dying. Because palaeontologists found a chicken-sized dinosaur in his stomach. Imagine Ducky from Land Before Time as a dinosaur.

Matt White, a museum associate, led the research. The discovery was made at the Winton Formation, according to All That’s Interesting. This site had dinosaur bones. When a front loader started scraping surplus dirt from the site, the team found crocodile skeletons.

Researchers call the 8-foot-long crocodile Confractosuchus Sauroktonos. Broken dinosaur killer is the name.

X-rays, CT scans, and 3D computer models investigate interwoven bones. White: “Our technique gives fossils fresh life.” It’ll affect things.”

The crocodile ate well, but the dinosaur didn’t. The ornithopod was a 100 million-year-old herbivorous dinosaur. The fossils show that a crocodile “sheared” one of the Ornithopod’s femurs. Another femur has a teeth mark. Although crocodiles weren’t specialised in eating dinosaurs, the juvenile dinosaur was too simple to pass up.

Imagine Land Before Time’s Ducky by a river. Unaware of what will happen. Croc snatches Ducky. So painted White. The croc’s missing tail suggests it didn’t last long. After eating the Ornithopod, a creature further up the food chain may have eaten the croc. Or tail.

This crocodile’s fossils are on display at the Australian Age of Dinosaurs Museum.

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