article_snippet: The predator, which grew to be around two metres (6.5 ft) in length and lived in lakes and rivers during the Late Triassic Period, has been named Metoposaurus algarvensis.
article_snippet: Metoposaurus algarvensis, shown in the reconstruction above, would have been the size of a small car .
article_snippet: The researchers, whose work is published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, discovered the remains of Metoposaurs algarvensis on the bed of an ancient lake.
article_snippet: the remains of Metoposaurs algarvensis was found within a large bed of bones where several hundred of the creatures may have died when an ancient lake dried up.
article_snippet: The image above shows the fossilised skulls of Metoposaurus algarvensis excavated in Portugal's Algarve .
article_snippet: So far The researchers, whose work is published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology have excavated just four square meters of an ancient lake and say The researchers, whose work is published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology could find hundreds of creatures preserved in the mudstone.
article_snippet: Other species of Metoposaurus have been found in parts of Africa, Europe, India and North America.
highlights_snippet: Metoposaurus algarvensis grew up to 2 metres long and preyed upon fish .
  