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Rhamphosuchus ("Beak crocodile") is an extinct relative of the modern gharial and false gharial. It inhabited what is now the Indian sub-continent in the Miocene and Pliocene. It is only known from incomplete sets of fossils, mostly teeth and skulls, but palaeontologists estimate that it was one of the largest, if not the largest crocodylian that ever lived, reaching an estimated length of 15 to 18 m (50-60 ft). Another crocodylian, Purussaurus from the same era but living in Peru and Brazil is estimated to be of similar size from an equally incomplete fossil set. The only other crocodylians which even come close are the Late Cretaceous Deinosuchus and Early Cretaceous Sarcosuchus and also the strange planctivorous Mourasuchus which lived at the same time and in the same region with Puruss

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  • Rhamphosuchus ("Beak crocodile") is an extinct relative of the modern gharial and false gharial. It inhabited what is now the Indian sub-continent in the Miocene and Pliocene. It is only known from incomplete sets of fossils, mostly teeth and skulls, but palaeontologists estimate that it was one of the largest, if not the largest crocodylian that ever lived, reaching an estimated length of 15 to 18 m (50-60 ft). Another crocodylian, Purussaurus from the same era but living in Peru and Brazil is estimated to be of similar size from an equally incomplete fossil set. The only other crocodylians which even come close are the Late Cretaceous Deinosuchus and Early Cretaceous Sarcosuchus and also the strange planctivorous Mourasuchus which lived at the same time and in the same region with Puruss
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  • Rhamphosuchus ("Beak crocodile") is an extinct relative of the modern gharial and false gharial. It inhabited what is now the Indian sub-continent in the Miocene and Pliocene. It is only known from incomplete sets of fossils, mostly teeth and skulls, but palaeontologists estimate that it was one of the largest, if not the largest crocodylian that ever lived, reaching an estimated length of 15 to 18 m (50-60 ft). Another crocodylian, Purussaurus from the same era but living in Peru and Brazil is estimated to be of similar size from an equally incomplete fossil set. The only other crocodylians which even come close are the Late Cretaceous Deinosuchus and Early Cretaceous Sarcosuchus and also the strange planctivorous Mourasuchus which lived at the same time and in the same region with Purussaurus. As a relation to the modern gharial, Rhamphosuchus almost certainly ate fish, but whether or not it was capable of killing larger animals is unknown.
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