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    Paleontologists found the remains of a 2.5 meter crocodile that lived more than 95 million years ago. In its stomach was partially digested ornithopod remains, showing that crocodiles preyed on dinosaurs. However, scientists note this evidence is uncertain, as the crocodile may have eaten the ornithopod carrion rather than hunting it, and only did so due to lack of other food at the time. It remains a unique find, as crocodile numbers were much lower than dinosaurs.

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    Paleontologists found the remains of a 2.5 meter crocodile that lived more than 95 million years ago. In its stomach was partially digested ornithopod remains, showing that crocodiles preyed on dinosaurs. However, scientists note this evidence is uncertain, as the crocodile may have eaten the ornithopod carrion rather than hunting it, and only did so due to lack of other food at the time. It remains a unique find, as crocodile numbers were much lower than dinosaurs.

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    Paleontologists found the remains of a 2.5 meter crocodile that lived more than 95 million years ago. In its stomach was partially digested ornithopod remains, showing that crocodiles preyed on dinosaurs. However, scientists note this evidence is uncertain, as the crocodile may have eaten the ornithopod carrion rather than hunting it, and only did so due to lack of other food at the time. It remains a unique find, as crocodile numbers were much lower than dinosaurs.

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    The crocodile, who ate a

    dinosaur

    It is reported that paleontologists stumbled upon the remains of a crocodile


    on a sheep farm. Radiocarbon analysis showed that a representative of this
    species lived on Earth more than 95 million years ago and fed on dinosaurs.
    According to scientists, in the stomach of a giant crocodile was not fully
    digested ornithopod. It is worth recalling that it ate grass. As a result, the
    dinosaur became an easy target for a large reptile. By the way, according to
    some data, the length of crocodiles of this species was about 2.5 meters.
    Apparently, the crocodile was in his teens.
    Scientists noted that although the find proves the possibility of predation of
    crocodiles on dinosaurs, but the evidence is very doubtful. Firstly, it is not
    known whether the reptile hunted an ornithopod, or ate carrion. Secondly, a
    crocodile could make a one-time attempt on a dinosaur due to lack of food.
    It is reported that this is a unique find. Scientists have not been able to detect
    this type of crocodile since 2010, because their number was significantly
    lower than the dinosaur population.

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