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Unprecedented Discovery: Found the World's Largest Extinct Animal and Not a Dinosaur

Summary by El Cronista
Popular belief often associates dinosaurs as the largest terrestrial animals that have ever existed. However, a new study conducted by the University of Tübingen in Germany questioned that claim by revealing the existence of a larger and fearful predator during the Cretaceous period. It was the Deinosuchus, a carnivorous reptile that lived about 75 million years ago and that exceeded 10 meters long. This reptile - whose name means "terrible croc…
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Popular belief often associates dinosaurs as the largest terrestrial animals that have ever existed. However, a new study conducted by the University of Tübingen in Germany questioned that claim by revealing the existence of a larger and fearful predator during the Cretaceous period. It was the Deinosuchus, a carnivorous reptile that lived about 75 million years ago and that exceeded 10 meters long. This reptile - whose name means "terrible croc…

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El Cronista broke the news in Argentina on Friday, August 15, 2025.
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