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Jurassicpasick — Turcosuchus ashore!

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Published: 2023-08-30 00:31:26 +0000 UTC; Views: 944; Favourites: 11; Downloads: 0
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Description Today I bring a doodle of a little known crocodylian from Turkey which, I might add, I had quite the struggle getting info on, so I just decided to make it more similar to a modern crocodile. It was found on northern Turkey on the province of Zunguldak. It lived during the Barremian stage of the cretaceous.

Back than; The middle east was a large sea with no large land masses in the area, so it was likelly something more similar to the Maldives or Caribean, with a tropical enviroment and multiple islands. Here we is it crawling ashore in a beach with sandy dunes, there, it finds a pair of speculative insular Enalornis, whom, similar to the Galapagos flightless cormorant; Haveing lost lost flight and become larger. This is an example of insular gigantism.

I personally like the look I gave the dunes with the grass growing on them xD. Hope you like it  
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JWE1993 [2023-08-30 00:59:05 +0000 UTC]

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