Sarcosuchus imperator, SuperCroc Scute Troodon The first fossils of Edaphosaurus

The first fossils of Edaphosaurus came from the Texas Red Beds in North America

" Victorino Herrera was a rancher who discovered the fossil) was a late Triassic archosaur (a reptile that was almost a dinosaur) from about 230 million years ago

Chasmosaur tibia & fibula

the large semicircular cephalothorax

This direct cast replica was found in Texas

Sarcosuchus imperator, SuperCroc Scute Troodon The first fossils of EdaphosaurusSarcosuchus (pronounced SAHR co SOOK us) (meaning "flesh crocodile") was a ancient crocodilian (it was not a dinosaur). This giant meat eater was about 37 40 feet (11 12 m) long and may have weighed up to 10 tons. Its body was covered with bony armor (scutes). There were over 100 teeth in its long jaws and it had an overbite (the top jaw extended beyond the lower jaw). Sarcosuchus lived during the Cretaceous period, roughly 110 million years ago.