Whats the biggest crocodilian ever to have lived?”
The Story of specimen MNN 604*: The giant skull of Sarcosuchus imperator by Marco If you were to ask a paleontologist or dinosaur fan about a dinosaur skull, they would tell you it is the single most infrequent fossil found in the field. Due to its complexity and delicateness, the skull of a dinosaur is very fragile and is rarely preserved. Dinosaur skulls can reveal a great deal about the dinosaur itself, what it ate, how it ate it, and sometimes to whom the dinosaur is related. Until a couple of months ago, the most common fossils in the Dinosaur Lab at the University of Chicago were skulls. Not dinosaur skulls, but crocodilian skulls. “Why so many crocodilian skulls?” you ask. The answer to why crocodilian fossil skulls are more common than dinosaur skulls lies in their modern-day relatives: crocodiles, alligators, and gavials. Built solidly with over 60 bones, the skulls of modern-day crocodiles have powerful jaws used to take down huge animals. Crocodiles, such as today’s Nile cro
