Ancient crocodile species can bite sea turtles with one bite

Lemmysuchus sea crocodile dominates the ocean in the Jurassic period with extremely strong teeth that can crush prey bones.

Michela Johnson, a PhD student in paleontology at the University of Edinburgh, he introduced in the Zoological Journal about the Jurassic species of Jurassic ocean - Lemmysuchus, Telegraph reported on August 9.

Lemmysuchus sea crocodile once dominated the sea in Jurassic.(Photo: British Museum of Natural History).

One of the most dangerous predators of the ocean, Lemmysuchus lives in coastal waters in the UK for more than 165 million years ago. Fossil bones of this species were discovered in a clay pit near Peterborough in 1909 before being displayed at the Natural History Museum in London.

With a 5.8m long body wrapped in thick armor on the back and abdomen, the skull is more than a meter in size, blunt teeth are suitable for crushing bones and hard shells, Lemmysuchus is bigger, faster and more frightening than the big other creatures in the sea. Lemmysuchus jaws can crush the hard shell of sea turtles with just one bite.

In the new study, this species was evaluated differently from other marine crocodiles of the same time. Lemmysuchus belongs to the extinct teleosaur group but once dominated the ocean in Central Jura. They have distant relatives but are much bigger than crocodiles today. Most of the time, sea crocodiles live in the water and are likely to crawl ashore to lay eggs.