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Meet the dinosaur eater

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September 2025

A new fossil reveals the life of an ancient crocodile species that probably preyed on dinosaurs

Meet the dinosaur eater

The fossilised skull shown here looks harmless now, but 70 million years ago, it belonged to an enormous animal that hunted dinosaurs.

At a length of 3.35m (11.5ft) and weighing 250kg (551lb), Kostensuchus atrox was a 'hypercarnivore', with meat forming over 70 per cent of its diet.

The beast lived just before dinosaurs went extinct, but isn't a dinosaur itself.

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