Named By: | Christopher A. Brochu, Jackson Njau, Robert J. Blumenschine and Llewellyn D. Densmore in 2010 |
Time Period: | 1.84 Ma |
Location: | Tanzania - Olduvai Gorge |
Size: | Uncertain but estimated between 7 and 7.5 meters long |
Diet: | Carnivore |
Fossil(s): | Partial skull and post cranial remains |
Classification: | | Chordata | Reptilia | Crocodylomorpha | Crocodylia | Crocodylidae | Crocodylinae | |
Crocodylus anthropophagus is an extinct species of crocodile from Plio-Pleistocene from Tanzania. It lived 1.84 million years ago. It was a large-sized apex predator reaching a length of 7.5 m (25 ft).