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English: Scale diagram of crocodyliforms 9 metres (29.5 ft) or more in length, based on recent size estimates.
  • Deinosuchus riograndensis: body length of 10.6 m according to Farlow et al. (2005),[1] skull shape according to Schwimmer (2002)[2]
  • Purussaurus brasiliensis: body length of 10.3 m according to Moreno-Bernal (2007),[3] skull shape according to Aguilera et al. (2006)[4]
  • Gryposuchus croizati: body length of 10.15 m and skull shape according to Riff & Aguilera (2008)[5]
  • Euthecodon brumpti: body length of 10 m and skull shape according to Storrs (2003)[6]
  • Sarcosuchus imperator: body length of 9–9.5 m according to O'Brien et al. (2019),[7] skull shape according to Sereno et al. (2001)[8]
  • Crocodylus porosus: body length of 6.3 meters according to Britton et al. (2012)[9]
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References

  1. ↑ James O. Farlow, Grant R. Hurlburt, Ruth M. Elsey, Adam R. C. Britton, Wann Langston Jr. (2005). "Femoral dimensions and body size of Alligator mississippiensis: estimating the size of extinct mesoeucrocodylians". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25 (2): 354–369.
  2. ↑ David R. Schwimmer (2002) King of the Crocodylians: The Paleobiology of Deinosuchus, Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, p. 42–63 ISBN: 0-253-34087-X.
  3. ↑ Jorge Moreno-Bernal (2007). "Size and Palaeoecology of Giant Miocene South American Crocodiles (Archosauria: Crocodylia)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27 (3 [suppl.]): A120.
  4. ↑ Orangel A. Aguilera, Douglas Riff, Jean Bocquentin-Villanueva (2006). "A new giant Purussaurus (Crocodyliformes, Alligatoridae) from the Upper Miocene Urumaco Formation, Venezuela". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 4 (3): 221–232.
  5. ↑ Douglas Riff, Orangel A. Aguilera (2008). "The world’s largest gharials Gryposuchus: description of G. croizati n. sp. (Crocodylia, Gavialidae) from the Upper Miocene Urumaco Formation, Venezuela". Paläontologische Zeitschrift 82 (2): 178–195.
  6. ↑ Glenn W. Storrs (2003) "Late Miocene–Early Pliocene Crocodilian Fauna of Lothagam, Southwest Turkana Basin, Kenya" in Meave G. Leakey, John M. Harris , ed. Lothagam: The Dawn of Humanity in Eastern Africa, New York City: Columbia University Press, p. 152–155 ISBN: 0-231-11870-8.
  7. ↑ Haley D O’Brien, Leigha M Lynch, Kent A Vliet, John Brueggen, Gregory M Erickson, Paul M Gignac (2019). "Crocodylian Head Width Allometry and Phylogenetic Prediction of Body Size in Extinct Crocodyliforms". Integrative Organismal Biology 1 (1]). DOI:10.1093/iob/obz006.
  8. ↑ Paul C. Sereno, Hans C. E. Larsson, Christian A. Sidor, Boube Gado (2001). "The Giant Crocodyliform Sarcosuchus from the Cretaceous of Africa". Science 294 (5546): 1516–1519.
  9. ↑ Britton A. R. C., Whitaker R., Whitaker N. (2012). "Here be a Dragon: Exceptional Size in Saltwater Crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) from the Philippines". Herpetological Review 43 (4): 541–546.

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current07:47, 21 June 2023Thumbnail for version as of 07:47, 21 June 20231,900 × 1,150 (68 KB)KoprXReverted to version as of 08:01, 6 May 2020 (UTC)
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08:01, 6 May 2020Thumbnail for version as of 08:01, 6 May 20201,900 × 1,150 (68 KB)KoprXfixes to purussaurus and deinosuchus silhouettes
21:36, 5 May 2020Thumbnail for version as of 21:36, 5 May 20201,900 × 1,150 (68 KB)KoprXsmaller Sarcosuchus based on: Haley D O’Brien, Leigha M Lynch; Kent A Vliet; John Brueggen; Gregory M Erickson; Paul M Gignac (2019). "Crocodylian Head Width Allometry and Phylogenetic Prediction of Body Size in Extinct Crocodyliforms". Integrative Organismal Biology. 1 (1]). doi:10.1093/iob/obz006.
15:13, 16 April 2013Thumbnail for version as of 15:13, 16 April 20131,900 × 1,150 (69 KB)SmokeybjbA tad shorter for Purussaurus
17:53, 14 April 2013Thumbnail for version as of 17:53, 14 April 20131,900 × 1,150 (68 KB)SmokeybjbDeinosuchus riograndensis, not D. robustus
16:08, 14 April 2013Thumbnail for version as of 16:08, 14 April 20131,900 × 1,150 (68 KB)SmokeybjbRevised lengths for Purussaurus and Deinosuchus, removed Mourasuchus as it was probably significantly smaller than 12 m
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