JURASSIC DINOCROC IS NAMED AFTER MOTÖRHEAD'S LEMMY
9th August 2017



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Love me like a reptile...

A team of music-mad British scientists unveiled an extinct, sea-dwelling crocodile from the Jurassic period on Wednesday and have named the fossil of the fierce giant reptile after Lemmy.

The newly monickered "Lemmysuchus" - Latin for Lemmy's crocodile - was about 5.8 metres (19 feet) long and had a skull of more than a metre, similar to a modern-day saltwater crocodile to which it is only distantly related.

Lemmysuchus terrorised coastal waters around Britain more than 145 million years ago.

Researchers from the Natural History Museum said in a statement:

"It would have been one of the largest coastal predators of its time.

"The teeth were large and blunt, perfect for crushing prey such as turtles."

Lemmysuchus was dug up at Peterborough in the early 20th century but it was recently re-examined by University of Edinburgh scientists and found to have been incorrectly categorised with other sea crocodiles from the area.

Given that it belonged to a unique group, the creature "needed a new scientific name," continued the statement.

"Natural History Museum curator Lorna Steel was still mourning the demise of her favourite band, and suggested that it should be named after her musical hero.

"Although Lemmy passed away at the end of 2015, we'd like to think that he would have raised a glass to Lemmysuchus, one of the nastiest sea creatures ever to have inhabited the Earth," the statement quoted Steel as saying.

Lorna Steel herself said:

"Although Lemmy passed away at the end of 2015, we'd like to think that he would have raised a glass to Lemmysuchus, one of the nastiest sea creatures to have ever inhabited the Earth.

"As a long-standing Motörhead fan I am thrilled to have had the opportunity to immortalise the rock star in this way."

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