"M Rex", This is the Sea Crocodile Greatest of All Time

Giant crocodile ever inhabited the Earth's oceans. Scientists have just found the trail through the discovery of fossils in the Tunisian desert.

Scientists predict a long, ancient crocodile named Machimosaurus rex reached 9.6 meters. With its size, the crocodile became the largest marine crocodiles in his day.

Frederico Fanti of the University of Bologna who led the research found the fossil skull and other bones expedition supported through the National Geographic Society.

The fossils of the giant it was fragmented. However, scientists are pretty sure that the size of the giant crocodile was indeed ancient, though not as big as crocodiles that live in inland waters in more modern times.

Crocodile inland waters is the largest ever Sarcosuchus imperator, life 1,100 million years ago, and has a length of 12 meters.

Fanti said, "Machimosaurus rex teeth fat, short and round, large skull made have the ability to bite firmly."

The nature of the monster, Fanti assume M rex hunt anything, not targeting particular types of prey.

For the scientist, the interesting side of this ancient marine crocodiles discovery rather than on its size. Ancient marine crocodiles that an indication of the presence or absence of a mass extinction at the end of the Jurassic period, 145 million years ago.

M rex fossil findings in younger rock layers indicate that if indeed there is extinction 145 million years ago, it did not overwrite all the species on earth. M rex is one that has survived.

Although successful "survivors" of mass extinctions, M rex unsuccessful triumphant return as the Jurassic period. Finally, the type that was extinct.

Stephen Brusatte, a palaeontologist at the University of Edinburgh, who was not involved in the study, said, "This is an exciting discovery of the fossil wealth of the world has not been explored very well."