1.4" Crocodile Fossil Vertebrae Hell Creek FM North Dakota Cretaceous Dinosaur Age
Location: Hell Creek Formation, Bowman, North Dakota (Private Land Origin)
Weight: 0.6 Ounces
Dimensions: 1.4 Inches Long, 0.8 Inches Wide, 0.6 Inches Thick
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Cretaceous Age through to the Eocene Age
Name: Borealosuchus (Boreal crocodile).
Named By: Chris Brochu - 1997.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Crocodylomorpha, Crocodylia.
Diet: Carnivore/Piscivore.
Size: Up to 2.8 meters long, though there is some variance between species.
Time period: Campanian of the Cretaceous through to the Eocene.
Borealosuchus emerged from a taxonomic reorganization of the genus Leidysuchus, which had accumulated numerous species of questionable validity. Four former Leidysuchus species were subsequently reclassified as Borealosuchus representatives, with additional species identified thereafter. This mid-sized crocodilian achieved notable proportions, with B. acutidentatus reaching approximately 280 centimeters in length and possessing a 36-centimeter skull. Remarkably, Borealosuchus numbered among the select crocodile genera that persisted through the K-T extinction event, alongside contemporaries such as Dyrosaurus and Brachychampsa. The physiological and ecological adaptability of crocodilians likely facilitated their survival when dinosaurs, pterosaurs, and marine reptiles succumbed to this catastrophic extinction.
