Crocodylus affinis
Crocodylus affinis
Crocodylus affinis is an extinct crocodile known from fossil material, likely inhabiting warm rivers, marshes, and wetland margins. Like living crocodiles, it probably waited motionless at the water’s edge before lunging at fish, turtles, and terrestrial animals that approached to drink. Its powerful jaws and tail would have made it a formidable ambush predator both in shallow water and on land. The species is chiefly notable as a fossil crocodile whose precise relationship to other Crocodylus species remains subject to taxonomic study.
- Type
- Water / Fang
- Conservation status
- NE