article_snippet: Described as 'like something out of a bad monster movie', Metoposaurus algarvensis once took the place of crocodiles as one of the Earth's top predators when crocodiles lived more than 200 million years ago.
article_snippet: Dr Steve Brusatte, from the University of Edinburgh's School of GeoSciences, who led a study of Metoposaurus published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, said: 'This new amphibian looks like something out of a bad monster movie. '
article_snippet: The family of giant salamander-like amphibians to which Metoposaurus belonged included other species found in parts of modern-day Africa, Europe, India and North America.
article_snippet: Described as 'like something out of a bad monster movie', the Metoposaurus algarvensis were the same size as a small car, such as this Fiat 500 .
article_snippet: Members of the Portuguese Metoposaurus colony are thought to have died when the lake Members of the Portuguese Metoposaurus colony inhabited dried up.
highlights_snippet: Metoposaurus algarvensis lived in lakes and rivers 200 million years ago .
  