Today I’m going to talk about not a particular species, but
a family of animals. I couldn’t narrow it down to just one-collectively perhaps
only one or two has been featured in dinosaur books, and only one in my memory
has made the headlines. Remember Pristichampsus?
Well, prehistoric crocodiles are fascinating to me so you can expect more. This
time, it’s about a niche crocodilians exploited multiple times. Don’t worry, I
won’t do them all in one go. The Philodosaurs, Dyrosaurs, and Teleosaurs can
wait. Today I will restrict myself to a single but giant family of marine
crocodiles. Yes, I said marine crocodiles. These are the Metriorhynchids.