if S. imperator did hunt big game, it probably did not dismember prey in the same fashion as extant crocodilians. Habitat The remains of S. imperator were found in a region of the Ténéré Desert named Gadoufaoua, more specifically in the Elrhaz Formation of the Tegama Group, dating from the late Aptian to the early Albian of the Early Cretaceous, approximately 112 million years ago. The stratigraphy of the region and the aquatic fauna that was found therein indicates that it was an inland fluvial environment, entirely freshwater in nature with a humid tropical climate. S. imperator shared the waters with the holostean fish Lepidotus and the coelacanth Mawsonia. The dinosaur fauna was represented by the iguanodontian Lurdusaurus, which was the most common dinosaur in the region, and its relative Ouranosaurus; there were also two sauropods, Nigersaurus and a currently unnamed sauropod while the theropod fauna included the spinosaurid Suchomimus, the carcharodontosaurid Eocarcharia and the abelisaurid Kryptops. Meanwhile, S. hartti was found in the Recôncavo Basin of Brazil, specifically in the Ilhas Formation of the Bahia series. It was a shallow lacustrine environment dating from the late Aptian, similar in age to the habitat of S. imperator, with similar aquatic fauna, including Lepidotus and two species of Mawsonia. The dinosaur fauna is of a very fragmentary nature and identification does not go beyond indeterminate theropod and iguanodontid remains. References Bibliography External links "African fossil find: 40-foot crocodile". Guy Gugliotta. Washington Post, October 26, 2001. Retrieved November 17, 2004. SuperCroc: Sarcosuchus imperator. Gabrielle Lyon. Retrieved November 17, 2004. "'SuperCroc' fossil found in Sahara". D. L. Parsell. National Geographic News, October 25, 2001. Retrieved November 17, 2004. Dinosaur Expedition 2000. Paul C. Sereno. Retrieved November 17, 2004. "SuperCroc's jaws were superstrong, study shows". John Roach. National Geographic News, April 4, 2003. Retrieved November 17, 2004. "Sereno, team discover prehistoric giant Sarcosuchus imperator in African desert." Steve Koppes. The University of Chicago Chronicle, volume 21, number 4, November 1, 2001. Retrieved November 17, 2004. Making of the Sarcosuchus exhibit Neosuchians Early Cretaceous crocodylomorphs of Africa Fossils of Algeria Fossils of Mali Fossils of Morocco Fossils of Niger Fossils of Tunisia Early Cretaceous crocodylomorphs of South America Cretaceous Brazil Fossils of Brazil Fossil taxa described in 1966 Taxa named by Philippe Taquet Prehistoric pseudosuchian genera