Researchers discovered claw marks made about 97 million years ago by a prehistoric crocodile in exposed rock near a highway that runs along the Sukunka River valley north of Tumbler Ridge, B.C.
Long before grizzly bears and mountain lions roamed the wilds of northeastern British Columbia, carnivores that were best avoided in the region included the colossal relatives of modern crocodiles.
“The mud consistency was just right” for preserving crocodilian traces, said Guy Plint, a geologist at the University of Western Ontario. “Even the impressions of the scales on their feet can be recognized.”
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