Fossils Reveal Enormous, Crocodile-Like Reptiles Survived for Millions of Years Longer Than Previously Thought

20 Feet Long: Giant Croc-Like Predator Discovered in the Caribbean

Fossils reveal that sebecids, long-extinct land predators, survived far longer in the Caribbean than previously thought, rewriting ancient ecological history. Imagine a crocodile built like a greyhound — that’s a sebecid. Standing tall, with some species reaching up to 20 feet in length, they dominated the South American landscape after the extinction of the dinosaurs, [...]

Fossils Reveal Enormous, Crocodile-Like Reptiles Survived for Millions of Years Longer Than Previously Thought

New discoveries in the Dominican Republic suggest sebecids roamed the Caribbean as recently as 4.5 million years ago, long after they vanished from South America