Re: 'Grand-daddy' of crocs found in Australia

[Jura <pristichampsus@yahoo.com>]

http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s1658120.htm


"Crocodile bites are second only to Tyrannosaurus as
the most powerful known bites of all time," says
Willis.

Actually, according to Erickson, the crocodyliform
_Sarcosuchus_ could do 6 times a _T.rex_ bite.
Schwimmer extrapolated that data out to the eusuchian
_Deinosuchus_ and found it could do the same. 

So crocs were holding the top spot back then too.

Incidentally it's also nice to hear from former DMLer
Paul Willis again. I was wondering what he was doing.

Jason

"I am impressed by the fact that we know less about many modern [reptile] types 
than we do of many fossil groups." - Alfred S. Romer

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