A life-size reproduction of a Montealtosuchus Arrudacamposi from the Late Cretaceous is displayed 31 January 2008, during a presentation at the Rio de Janeiro Federal University. The specimen, found in the strata of the Bauru Basin, center of Brazil, was exquisitely preserved with skull, mandible, postcranial and exoskeletal elements in articulation that provides critical information of the anatomy of this group.
A scientist holds a prehistoric crocodile fossil after a press conference at the Federal University in Rio de Janeiro, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008. Brazilian scientists displayed the fossil which they say is the missing link between prehistoric and modern-day crocodiles. The 80 million year-old fossil of a lizard-like terrestrial predator dubbed "Montealtosuchus arrudacamposi" was found in Monte Alto, Sao Paulo state.
This computer illustration released by the Federal University on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008, shows four views of what Brazilian scientists say is a prehistoric crocodile that is the missing link between prehistoric and modern-day crocodiles. The illustration is based on an 80 million year-old fossil of a lizard-like terrestrial predator dubbed "Montealtosuchus arrudacamposi" which was found in Monte Alto, Sao Paulo state.
This illustration released by the Federal University on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008, shows what Brazilian scientists say is a prehistoric crocodile that is the missing link between prehistoric and modern-day crocodiles. The illustration is based on an 80 million year-old fossil of a lizard-like terrestrial predator dubbed "Montealtosuchus arrudacamposi" that was found in Monte Alto, Sao Paulo state.
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