Mega Croc Scute - Sarcosuchus Fossil
Growing as long as a school bus with a set of natural bony armor, Sarcosuchus was a true apex predator that even the dinosaurs feared. This extinct ancestor was similar to modern crocodilians, but far bigger and even more dangerous.
This specimen is a fossil fragment of a Sarcosuchus scute, one of the bony plates that covered the animal's back. It was recovered from the Elrhaz Formation and dates back 112,000,000 years to the early Cretaceous.
Description
Growing as long as a school bus with a set of natural bony armor, Sarcosuchus was a true apex predator that even the dinosaurs feared. This extinct ancestor was similar to modern crocodilians, but far bigger and even more dangerous.
This specimen is a fossil fragment of a Sarcosuchus scute, one of the bony plates that covered the animal's back. It was recovered from the Elrhaz Formation and dates back 112,000,000 years to the early Cretaceous.
