Dentaneosuchus: The Largest Carnivore of Cenozoic Europe

The recently discovered Dentaneosuchus was one of the two largest terrestrial predators after the demise of the non-avian dinosaurs. With an estimated length of about six meters, it was the same size as many of those iconic terrors. A distant relative of crocodilians, Dentaneosuchus belonged to Sebecidae, the same clade as the equally large South American Barinasuchus. It lived in France about forty million during the Eocene Epoch, and it was the largest carnivore on the continent.

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00:00 - Introduction
00:43 - Classification
01:37 - Discovery
02:23 - Skull
04:13 - Body
06:29 - Size
07:54 - Size Controversy
10:05 - Relationships
11:45 - Extinction
12:44 - Conclusion
13:14 - Outro