ASSIGNMENT

Course Name: Composition and Communication Skills

Course Code: ENG1204

Topic

The Living Fossil : Crocodile

Submitted by: Submitted to:

Mostofa Ali Reza Dil Nusrat
ID: 114181009 Composition and Communication Skills
Department: BBA in AIS United International University
Section: F

Date of Submission: 6th May, 2018

 The Living Fossil: Crocodile
Crocodiles are mostly large, predatory, semi aquatic reptiles. Carbon dating results of the
fossils found states that they first appeared 83.5 million years ago in the late Cretaceous
Period. Other creatures which used to appear in the Cretaceous period are different types of
Dinosaurs. As per scientific research, most of the animals could not live the Cretaceous
period because of severe Volcanic Eruption around the Earth’s surface which destroyed the
entire habitat. But one animal manage to survive this critical period and they are still living
which is Crocodile. Other animals turned fossils but they are still living that is why they are
called The Living Fossil

It is only evolution which helped crocodile to live. Crocodile’s physical traits allow it to be a
successful predator. Its external morphology is a sign of its aquatic and predatory lifestyle.

Some of the large species of crocodile which are roaming around the earth in this period are.

1. Fresh Water Crocodile

Size : 7.5 – 9.8 feet
Weight : 70 – 100 kg

2. Slender Snouted Crocodile

Size : 8.2 – 13.7 feet
Weight : 125-325 Kg

3. American Alligator
Size : 9.8 – 15 feet
Weight : 200-230 Kg

4. Nile Crocodile
Size : 11.4 – 16.4 feet
Weight : 225-600 Kg

5. Indian Gharial
Size : 16.4 – 19.6 feet
Weight : 300-450 Kg

6. Salt Water Crocodiles

Size : 20 – 22 feet
Weight : 1100-2200 Kg

Some of the prehistoric crocodiles were

1. Gryposuchus
Size : 32.8 – 36 feet
Weight : 1.8-2 ton
Extinct 13 million years ago

2. Deinosuchus
Size : 32.8 – 36 feet
Weight : 2.5-5 ton
Extinct 73 million years ago

3. Purussaurus
Size : 39.2 – 42.6 feet
Weight : 8 ton plus
Extinct 8 million years ago