Giant Crocodiles Once Preyed on Massive Mammals in South America

Reconstruction of the faunal assemblage of La Venta, showing the hypothetical predation event with Purussaurus neivensis attacking Pericotoxodon platignathus; also pictured in the foreground are Anhinga cf. A. grandis and Caiman sp. Image credit: Miguel Hernandez.

Paleontologists have uncovered the first direct physical evidence that colossal prehistoric crocodiles hunted large plant-eating mammals in what is now Colombia roughly 12 million years ago.

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