#baurusuchus

I love this so much actually!

Have Lazerbeak the Longipterix, Buzzsaw the Falcatakely, and Ravage the Baurusuchus

Whiped up this drawing after learning about this paper on the evolution of the crocodilian ear (yes I’m nine years late to the party but that’s so cool). Basically, Baurusuchids had very peculiar ears, which might imply a mammal like external ear. My version is of course very speculative and I’m not sure it’s even that accurate.

Archovember Day 4: Baurusuchus salgadoensis

(Image by Nobu Tamura.)

Another species of notosuchian, Baurusuchus was quite unlike the placid herbivores that have appeared previously in Crocodylo-Month.  It was a large carnivore that is believed to have directly competed with large theropods for food.

Baurusuchus lived in Brazil during the Late Cretaceous.  It bore a striking resemblance to the rauisuchids and prestosuchids of the Triassic period, although it was much smaller - only about twelve feet long, in comparison with Saurosuchus’s thirty-foot length.  It also had a much more dinosaur-like skull, with a laterally compressed shape, rather than the vertically flattened shape of modern crocodilian skulls.  It is believed to have attacked by biting down on its prey and pulling away, tearing chunks of flesh free with its serrated teeth.  (This is similar to how modern Komodo dragons attack their prey.)

(Image by Felipe Elias.)