US EditionAncient Crocodile Fossil from Egyptian Desert Rewrites One of Earth's Greatest Survival Stories
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Fossil of 80-Million-Year-Old Long-Nosed Crocodile Discovered in Egypt
Paleontologists have unearthed two partial skulls and three partial jaws from an early diverging crocodile dinosaur in the Quseir Formation of Egypt. Artist’s impression of Wasdiskus Kassabi. Image credit: Nathan Dehaut / MUVP. This newfound species of crocodile existed in what is now Egypt roughly 80 million years ago during the late Cretaceous period. Dubbed [...] The post Fossil of 80-Million-Year-Old Long-Nosed Crocodile Discovered in Egypt …
Ancient Egyptian crocodile discovery reshapes understanding of its evolution - Dailynewsegypt
A team of Egyptian palaeontologists has discovered a new species of ancient crocodile in Egypt’s Western Desert that lived around 80 million years ago — a find that is reshaping scientists’ understanding of crocodile evolution. The discovery, published in The Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, describes Wadisuchus kassabi, now recognised as the earliest known
New crocodile fossils have been unearthed in the Sahara Desert, Egypt. They belong to a new species that lived primarily in the sea. The Western Desert is located in Egypt and is part of the well-known Sahara Desert. A fossil has now been discovered there that significantly shakes up our understanding of the early evolution of crocodiles. The new […] Want to learn more about science? Read the latest articles on Scientias.nl.
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Ancient PagesEarliest Long-Snouted Fossil Crocodile From Egypt Reveals African Origins Of Seagoing Crocs
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – MessageToEagle.com – New fossil species, Wadisuchus kassabi, from the Campanian (80 million years ago) pushes back the evolutionary timeline of Dyrosauridae and highlights Egypt’s Western Desert as a cradle of marine croc evolution. Life reconstruction of Wadisuchus kassabi from the Late Cretaceous of Egypt, showing an adult capturing a lungfish in […]
A team of Egyptian paleontologists discovered Wadisuchus Kassabi, a marine crocodile with a long snout of 80 million years old. This rare fossil illuminates the early evolution of the Dyrosauridae and shows that North Africa has been a major focus of diversification before the dispersion of these species.
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