Dragon Age: BoarCroc is My New Favorite Extinct Crocodile

As an accompanying piece to the “When Crocs Ruled” feature in the November issue of National Geographic, this artist’s rendering of the extinct “BoarCroc,” discovered in the Sahara by Paul Sereno and his team of researchers. It looks exactly like what most pulp fantasy fans would imagine as a stock-standard dragon.

The camel case in the name is right out of NatGeo, as the name isn’t yet an official name, but a nickname used by researchers when showing off the as-yet-unnamed species. (Other recently discovered crocodilians include “DuckCroc” and “RatCroc.”)

And so that the Society doesn’t boot me right out after discovering this image from their magazine, tune in to Expedition Week: When Crocs Ate Dinosaurs Saturday, November 21 at 9 o’clock on the National Geographic Channel for what I can only presume will be more coverage of the age of the crurotarsans.

Bonus Croc: Want to know how to pack a large crocodile for a transpacific flight? Be sure to blindfold him. [qt3]