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Metasuchus — Huge Crocodylus skull from Pleistocene of Java
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Published: 2023-08-03 09:42:30 +0000 UTC; Views: 3450; Favourites: 31; Downloads: 2
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Description
This is a large Crocodylus skull collected by Dubois from the late Pleistocene of Kali Gedeh. While originally described as Crocodylus ossifragus ( Synonymous with Crocodylus siamensis ), it can not be properly described due to the poor preservation of this specimen.
My reconstruction is based on C. siamensis and it resulted in a lower jaw length of 111 cm which is close to the ca. 105 cm estimate given by Delfino and de Vos (2014). There are several other large skulls from Java described as C. ossifragus that are much larger than the modern C. siamensis skulls.
References:
Delfino and de Vos (2014). A giant crocodile in the Dubois Collection from the Pleistocene of Kali Gedeh (Java)
