Mourasuchus: The Filter Feeding Caiman of the Prehistoric Amazon

Mourasuchus was a prehistoric genus of crocodilians with incredibly massive, yet weak skulls. They have often been considered filter feeders, although there are other hypotheses about how they lived. All four species of Mourasuchus lived in South America between 16 to 7 million years ago, a time of unprecedented crocodilian diversity.

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00:00 - Introduction
00:49 - Species
01:16 - Size
02:37 - Skull
05:18 - Body
06:30 - Diet
06:59 - Ambush Predator?
07:40 - Filter Feeding?
08:26 - Gulp Feeding?
09:57 - Herbivore?
10:48 - Paleoenvironment
12:12 - Conclusion
12:36 - Outro