This Crocodile Once Terrorized the Dinosaurs

Meet Razanandrongobe sakalavae, the giant dinosaur-killing crocodile that roamed what is now Madagascar 165 million years ago. 

Razana, as it's known for short, was first discovered a decade ago, but due to limited fossilized remains, little was known about the creature until recently. Thanks to research published Tuesday in PeerJ, we now have a picture of—as Gizmodo describes it—"an enormous, land-striding relative of crocodiles with a nightmare where its face ought to go." 

Razana is believed to have been 23 feet long and weighed up to 2,200 pounds, CNN reports. Its head was the size of a washing machine, and its serrated teeth were the size of bananas. According to a press release, its teeth, which rival those of Tyrannosaurus rex, could likely crush bone and tendon.

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