#crocodilyian

Stages to finish for Saurosuchus galilei. 

This is Saurosuchus galilei, a land dwelling prehistoric relative of modern day crocodiles described scientifically in 1959, head to tail it measured some 23 feet in length and weighed over 1,000 pounds. It roamed what would eventually become known by humans as North Western Argentina, and it shared its environment with a wide variety of other creatures, such as early dinosaurs like Herrerasaurus and Eoraptor, as well as massive dicynodonts like Ischigualastia, Pound for pound it appears to have been the largest predator in the region it inhabited, but this weight and its likely cold-blooded metabolism likely slowed it down. It's long upright legs were not especially strong and probably limited its speed to something similar to that of a human, making them most likely an ambush predator rather than its faster dinosaurian neighbors. It possessed a skull similar in shape to that of a scaled down Tyrannosaurus rex, connected to its massive bulk by way of a muscular and powerful neck.

Some more color work in progress on Saurosuchus galilei.