Butcher Crocodile Research Paper

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“9 Foot ‘Butcher Crocodile’ Likely Ruled Before Dinosaurs” These 9 foot tall beast with blade like teeth once lived in the warm and wet environs of what is now called North Carolina about 2 centuries ago.Once these crocs were called Butcher Crocodiles but now referred as Carnufex Carolinensis. These crocodiles ancestor likely walked on their hind legs, preying on armored reptiles and early mammal in it’s ecosystem. It shares some qualities with dinosaurs such as it shared some skeletal features with the big-headed dinosaur like reptiles called rauisuchids, showing that this croc may share more traits than being cold blooded.
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