New Mexican Deinosuchus
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I missed out on this item at the Day Job, but luckily a combination of mainstream and slipstream media have picked up the story of the remains of uber-croc Deinosuchus uncovered in the fossil collections of the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science.
The armor plates, teeth, and a partial jaw of this Cretaceous crocodylian were discovered in northwest New Mexico six years ago by NMMNH&S volunteer Paul Sealey. Museum curator Dr. Spencer Lucas noticed the remains while looking through the museum’s extensive paleo-collections. Deinosuchus, a 30-foot long crocodile that lived alongside (and likely preyed upon) the last of the dinosaurs, is known from elsewhere in the United States, but this is the first record of the giant reptile from New Mexico.
Apparently the fossils will be out on display at the NMMNH&S later this year. Until then, photos and the rest of the story are available in this Albuquerque Tribune article.
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