I. Basic information

Chinese name: Emperor Crocodile

Latin name: Sarcosuchus imperator

Alternative name: Muscular Crocodile, Emperor Crocodile

Kingdom: Animalia

Department: Chordate

Subphylum: Vertebrate subphylum

Class: Reptiles

Subphylum Class: Biporia

Order: Crocodiformes

Suborder: Mesococcus

Family: Crocodile

Genus: Musculococcus

Species: Emperor crocodile 

Second, morphological characteristics

The emperor crocodile has a row of covering edges With scales arranged on the back or Osteoderms, the largest scales are up to 1 meter long. Scales can be used as armor, possibly helping support their massive bodies, but also limiting their mobility. The end of the snout of the emperor crocodile has a peculiar recess called bulla, which is equivalent to the pot (Ghara) of the gator. Unlike gators, all crocodiles have this indentation at the end of their snout. This shows that it is not a sexually selective feature of the crocodile, and only male alligators have the concave end of the snout. The purpose of this structure remains unclear. Paul Serino and other reptilian experts see the use of recesses for everything from aiding the sense of smell to vocal organs.

III. Living habits

The crocodile may have a wide range of vocalizations. Monarch crocodiles may use these sounds to define territory, attract mates, and communicate with their offspring. The crocodile's eye sockets point slightly upward, suggesting that the animal may have spent most of its time submerged, watching for prey on the shore. They appear to have fed on large fish and turtles from the Cretaceous period. The protruding jaws and strong teeth are used for grasping and crushing. Their main prey may be large animals and smaller dinosaurs. They lay in ambush and drag their prey into the water, crushing and drowning the prey. , torn. Juvenile crocodiles and modern narrow snout crocodiles have similar muzzle widths, but adult crocodiles have extremely extended snouts. When calculating the proportion of the snout to the body, the crocodile is narrower than the Nile crocodile, but still wider than the long alligator. In addition, the teeth of the crocodile were not interdigitated like that of most fish-eating crocodiles, indicating that it mainly fed on fish with supplementary terrestrial animals, like the Nile crocodile.

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