EUTHECODON, from the new video (www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFap...) dedicated to the Neogene period. #euthecodon #paleoart #crocodile #naturalhistory #neogene #cenozoic

Euthecodon hunted pig

happy #fossilfriday! this is euthecodon, a long-snouted crocodile that lived between the miocene and pleistocene of africa. despite a gharial-like appearance, euthecodon was a true crocodile aka a member of crocodylidae
(art by joschua knuppe)

Something very Hieronymous Bosch about Euthecodon

Day 15 of #Croctober
Despite looking deceptively like a gharial, Euthecodon was actually more closely related to today's dwarf and slender-snouted crocodiles. This genus first appeared in the Miocene and only went extinct during the Pleistocene.

As far as the African mainland is concerned I saved best for last: Euthecodon
This one might look like a gharial, but its actually a relic of a time when "dwarf crocodiles" were much more diverse. Long snouted with strange, sleeved teeth and oh yeah probably quite large.

Day 31: Euthecodon

An extinct genus of long-snouted Osteolaeminae, from Miocene to Pleistocene, which is closely related to West African slender-snouted crocodile.

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while its longirostrine snout is most similar to primarily piscivorous crocodilians like gavialids and the extinct euthecodon, the sheer size of sarcosuchus imperator – estimated at over 9 metres in length – would likely have allowed it to prey on dinosaurs as well
(art by mark witton)

furthermore, the pleistocene species – e. brumpti – was one of the largest crocodilians of all time, measuring up to 8.6 metres in length, if not more. few crocodilians exceed this size, with some examples being purussaurus and deinosuchus
(art by @mariolanzas.bsky.social)

its closest living relatives are the dwarf and slender-snouted crocodiles, both of which are also endemic to africa, with the latter even having a similar snout morphology and probably similar diet to euthecodon

#Croctober Day 17
Remember Euthecodon from day 15?
Well the most recent fossils come from the Lake Turkana basin of Kenya, an environment it shared with the massive Crocodylus thorbjarnarsoni, an animal that may have preyed on our ancestors.
Photos by Yang Deming & Nick Perry

I wish Euthecodon would get a thorough, well illustrated description.

From massive #tortoises to the largest Early Pleistocene #croc (𝘌𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘥𝘰𝘯), size peaks in aquatic species track ancient lake high stands.

These patterns suggest 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝘀𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘅𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗾𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀.

Just for the sake of comparison: the snout comprises about 70% of the total skull length in living gharials, ~75% in Euthecodon. This thing is estimated at 83-85% *minimum*.

The giant crown group members, Purussaurus and Deinosuchus, were heterodont (broad diet) and lived when lowlands were innundated. Other crown group giants, like Rhamphosuchus and Euthecodon, were long snouted and plainly piscivorous. Plausibility requires ecological realism.

Onder de uitgestorven krokodillen hebben soorten bestaan die nog groter worden. Dieren met namen als Purussaurus (7 miljoen jaar geleden), Sarcosuchus (120 miljoen jaar geleden) en Deinosuchus (75 miljoen jaar geleden) konden meer dan tien meter lang worden,

الإيوثيكودون (Euthecodon) تمساح منقرض طويل ورفيع الخطم عاش في إفريقيا خلال الميوسين والبليوسين. وُصف عام 1920 من حفريات وادي النطرون بمصر، وسُجّل أيضًا في تكوين مغرة وتونس وكينيا وليبيا. تميز بأربع أسنان أمامية حادة ثنائية الحافة، تكيفت لصيد الأسماك
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