Deinosuchus riograndensis holotype specimen (AMNH 3073) anterior mandible. A, anterior mandible in dorsal view. B, anterior mandible in ventral view. C, left anterior mandibular ramus in lateral view.
Still, Erickson believes that, like Deinosuchus, Sarcosuchus was generating a bite force of 20,000 pounds (9,000 kg), a number that his team estimated by scaling up the data from extant crocodilians.