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Description
Postosuchus kirkpatricki
Named by Sankar Chatterjee, 1985
Diet: Carnivore (Prey included the dicynodont Placerias, early dinosaurs such as Coelophysis, Chindesaurus, and Tawa, aetosaurs such as Desmatosuchus and Typothorax, other archosauriforms such as Trilophosaurus and Dromomeron, cynodonts, and metoposaurs. It may have also been a scavenger)
Type: Pseudosuchian archosaur (Rauisuchid)
Size: 13 to 16 feet (4 to 5 meters) long and 660 lb.
Region: North America [Texas (Post's Quarry, Texas is what gave its name), New Mexico, Arizona, and North Carolina USA]
Age: Late Triassic (221 to 203 million BC; Norian to Rhaetian)
Episode: New Blood
Info: It may look like a dinosaur, due to its deep, robust skull similar to a Tyrannosaurus rex's, have legs tucked under the body, and walking bipedally on two hind-legs recent studies show, Postosuchus was a relative of modern-day crocodilians and its an example of convergent evolution, when unrelated species share similar features and niches in similar environments. With an armored plated body, long legs built for running, an acute sense of smell, a mouth full of razor-sharp teeth, and powerful jaws designed to withstand a high force bite, Postosuchus was one of the alpha predators of Late Triassic North America, at the top of the local foodchain millions of years before large, advanced theropod dinosaurs replaced the rauisuchids as the dominant predators after the Triassic-Jurassic Mass Extinction event.

Note: Based on upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia… , while the head with lips is based on pachyornis.deviantart.com/art/…

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Description
Postosuchus kirkpatricki
Named by Sankar Chatterjee, 1985
Diet: Carnivore (Prey included the dicynodont Placerias, early dinosaurs such as Coelophysis, Chindesaurus, and Tawa, aetosaurs such as Desmatosuchus and Typothorax, other archosauriforms such as Trilophosaurus and Dromomeron, cynodonts, and metoposaurs. It may have also been a scavenger)
Type: Pseudosuchian archosaur (Rauisuchid)
Size: 13 to 16 feet (4 to 5 meters) long and 660 lb.
Region: North America [Texas (Post's Quarry, Texas is what gave its name), New Mexico, Arizona, and North Carolina USA]
Age: Late Triassic (221 to 203 million BC; Norian to Rhaetian)
Episode: New Blood
Info: It may look like a dinosaur, due to its deep, robust skull similar to a Tyrannosaurus rex's, have legs tucked under the body, and walking bipedally on two hind-legs recent studies show, Postosuchus was a relative of modern-day crocodilians and its an example of convergent evolution, when unrelated species share similar features and niches in similar environments. With an armored plated body, long legs built for running, an acute sense of smell, a mouth full of razor-sharp teeth, and powerful jaws designed to withstand a high force bite, Postosuchus was one of the alpha predators of Late Triassic North America, at the top of the local foodchain millions of years before large, advanced theropod dinosaurs replaced the rauisuchids as the dominant predators after the Triassic-Jurassic Mass Extinction event.

Note: Based on upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia… , while the head with lips is based on pachyornis.deviantart.com/art/…

Requested by ninjakingofhearts

Walking with Dinosaurs is owned by BBC