Record #:

34573

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Abstract:

With the arrival of a newly discovered fossil of a bus-sized prehistoric crocodile, the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences discusses its own native crocodile. Deinosuchus, discovered in 1858, is a prehistoric crocodile that is commonly found throughout southeast North America. Paleontologists believe that these were once as common in North Carolina as alligators are in Florida now.

Source:

North Carolina Naturalist (NoCar QH 76.5 N8 N68), Vol. 11 Issue 1, Spring 2003, p2-4, il

Subject(s):

North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences (Raleigh); Bladen County--History; Paleontology