Suchomimus

Suchomimus tenerensis,
Lived about 100 million years ago,
and belongs to the Spinosaur family.
It had sub-conical crocodile-like teeth
which it used to kill or possibly scavenge.

Pronounced,
(Sue-koh-mime-us)

Means,
Crocodile mimic

Classification,
Spinosauridae, Tetanurae, Theropoda

Size,
36 feet (11 meters) long, 13 feet
(4 meters) at the hip.

Finds,
Partial skull and almost complete skeleton.

Location,
Tenere Desert, Nigeria

Diet,
Fed on fish and may have scavenged and
eaten land animals.

Time,
About 100 million years ago, early Cretaceous period.

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