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English: Scale diagram of crocodyliforms 9 metres (29.5 ft) or more in length, based on recent size estimates.
  • Purussaurus brasiliensis: body length of 10.3 m according to Moreno-Bernal (2007),[1] skull shape according to Aguilera et al. (2006)[2]
  • Gryposuchus croizati: body length of 10.15 m and skull shape according to Riff & Aguilera (2008)[3]
  • Deinosuchus riograndensis: body length of 9.8 m and skull shape according to Schwimmer (2002)[4]
  • Sarcosuchus imperator: body length of 9–9.5 m according to O'Brien et al. (2019),[5] skull shape according to Sereno et al. (2001)[6]
  • Crocodylus porosus: body length of 6.17 meters according to Britton et al. (2012)[7]
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  1. Jorge Moreno-Bernal (2007). "Size and Palaeoecology of Giant Miocene South American Crocodiles (Archosauria: Crocodylia)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27 (3 [suppl.]): A120.
  2. Orangel A. Aguilera, Douglas Riff, Jean Bocquentin-Villanueva (2006). "A new giant Purussaurus (Crocodyliformes, Alligatoridae) from the Upper Miocene Urumaco Formation, Venezuela". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 4 (3): 221–232.
  3. Douglas Riff, Orangel A. Aguilera (2008). "The world’s largest gharials Gryposuchus: description of G. croizati n. sp. (Crocodylia, Gavialidae) from the Upper Miocene Urumaco Formation, Venezuela". Paläontologische Zeitschrift 82 (2): 178–195.
  4. David R. Schwimmer (2002) King of the Crocodylians: The Paleobiology of Deinosuchus, Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, p. 42–63 ISBN: 0-253-34087-X.
  5. Haley D O’Brien, Leigha M Lynch, Kent A Vliet, John Brueggen, Gregory M Erickson, Paul M Gignac (2019). "Crocodylian Head Width Allometry and Phylogenetic Prediction of Body Size in Extinct Crocodyliforms". Integrative Organismal Biology 1 (1]). DOI:10.1093/iob/obz006.
  6. Paul C. Sereno, Hans C. E. Larsson, Christian A. Sidor, Boube Gado (2001). "The Giant Crocodyliform Sarcosuchus from the Cretaceous of Africa". Science 294 (5546): 1516–1519.
  7. Britton A. R. C., Whitaker R., Whitaker N. (2012). "Here be a Dragon: Exceptional Size in Saltwater Crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) from the Philippines". Herpetological Review 43 (4): 541–546.

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