Long-forgotten remains of a giant dolphin-shaped crocodilian
"super-predator" that could devour ancient beasts its size and
larger have now been discovered in a museum drawer in Scotland,
researchers say. The ancient newfound crocodilian is named
Tyrannoneustes lythrodectikos, which in ancient Greek means
"blood-biting tyrant swimmer." "Tyrannoneustes was a dolphinlike
crocodile that lived 165 million years ago," said researcher
Mark Young, a vertebrate paleontologist at the University of
Edinburgh in Scotland and the University of Southampton in
England. The predator possessed a long snout, large flippers,
armorless skin and a tail fin where the bottom half is larger
than the top half, resembling an upside-down version of an
ordinary shark's tail fin. It's uncertain how large
Tyrannoneustes was, but the right side of its lower jaw was at
least 26 inches (67 centimeters) long. Tyrannoneustes was a
super-predator, meaning it evolved to devour prey its size and
larger. Features of its lower jaw and teeth reveal