Pristichampsus was a large type of crocodile, which measured approximately ten feet from head to tail, and possessed powerful and dangerous jaws for biting into and killing prey as large as humans. It was falculatively quadrapedal; normally walking or crawling on all fours, but being able to rise up onto its hind legs alone when about to attack. Pristichampsus was also strong and resilient enough to survive falling from a high-up building floor, a fall which would have been fatal to a human