Charcasuchus

Charcasuchus tempestasi (meaning "Shark crocodile") was a medium sized carnivorous Pseudosuchian from the late Quintassic period. The only species of Charcasuchus, tempestasi, it is known from open farming plains near Wajdu's Way in the Federal Republic of Cognia, and muddy river banks in Rodinnbrok.
Before it was discovered, it was thought that animals like Charcasuchus had all gone extinct in the mid-late Quintassic, and that dinosaurs had taken over afterwards, but when Charcasuchus was discovered it was dated to have lived over 30 million years after the theorized extinction of their lineage. Charcasuchus specimens have often been discovered to grow to 6 meters in length, with larger sizes implied in male specimens.
== Description ==
==== Discovery ====
The first fossils of Charcasuchus tempestasi were uncovered in Dunwall, Rodinnbrok, during a massive storm taking place in the city, however these first pairs of bones were labeled as a member of another genus of Pseudosuchia, Valresuchus. This misnomer would stick for the duration in which Cognia was a vassal of Rodinnbrok, where the fossils would be stored away in Cognian warehouses. 
This was so until Cognia left Rodinnbrok and joined Bärenland, which would later form the Socialist Republic of Aspella. After the deal had been made, members of the scientific community in The Union began to cart off crates to more secure locations for further documentation and research, but one member found that Valresuchus labeled crates often contained bones which were atypical in shape for most species of Valresuchus, in which after this Charcasuchus was identified, described, and was separated from Valresuchus.
==== Timeline Discrepancy ====
After the distinction between Charcasuchus and Valresuchus, the bones were taken to Garxeto for close examination by SRA scientists, using the latest methods of dating and testing, they determined that Charcasuchus was the latest living member of Valresuchidae yet discovered, with a temporal range of 210-202 million years ago, near the tail end of the Quintassic. This went against a common trend seen elsewhere in Eldham and Rathnir, where creatures like Valresuchus and Charcasuchus commonly vanish from the fossil record at around 214 million years ago.
This was one of the key factors in proposing the Valresh Separation theory, along with the discovery of Suchitherium, and several other species and genera with a notable lack of dinosaur fossils.
==== Diet and Ecology ====
Charcasuchus tempestasi was a highly adapted predator, suited to large prey like Dicynodonts. It's teeth were much different from other members of Valresuchidae, being more akin to shark teeth rather than more traditional conical teeth, this means Charcasuchus was incredibly adept for shredding skin and spilling blood, waiting for it's prey to drop from blood loss or shock.
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Category:Prehistory
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Category:Traveler's Era