Reptile
Deinosuchus
Its fossils have been found both in the United States and in northern Mexico.
Deinosuchus reached a size much larger than that of current crocodilians.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Deinosuchus at a glance
- Diet
- Carnivore
- It is interpreted as a consumer of other animals. Hunting and scavenging are not mutually exclusive behaviors.
- When it lived
- Cretaceous
- Group
- Eusuchia
- Eusuchians
- Fossil locations
- Montana, Texas, Mexico
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Deinosuchus
It was a crocodilian much larger than living species. More recent finds have corrected older skull reconstructions and helped reveal more of its body.
Its fossils have been found both in the United States and in northern Mexico. Its reconstruction has not remained fixed: new findings corrected the shape that had been proposed for the skull. Modern images incorporate this revision of fossil material.
This grouping describes evolutionary relationships. Its members share ancestors; they do not form a chain in which one must turn into another.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: linked collections and publications.A note on the science
Its fossils have been found both in the United States and in northern Mexico. Its reconstruction has not remained fixed: new findings corrected the shape that had been proposed for the skull. Modern images incorporate this revision of fossil material.
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- Deinosuchus
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- Deinosuchus
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- Eusuchia
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- Crocodiles, caimans, and gharials
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