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230 Million Years Old: Skulls of Carnivorous Giant Lyres Discovered in Bavarian Mountains

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They are millions of years old and resemble huge crocodiles: Bavarian researchers make an exciting discovery in the Steigerwald.

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They are millions of years old and resemble huge crocodiles: Bavarian researchers make an exciting discovery in the Steigerwald.

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Spectacular find in Bavaria: Experts discover the remains of two carnivorous giant lurks from the Tria period. The animals are similar to crocodiles. As they died about 230 million years ago, the researchers can only speculate.

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230 million years ago there were carnivorous giant lyres living in Bavaria, which looked like crocodiles. They were apparently lurking in tumults for prey. In ancient rock, researchers have now found their remains.

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The remains come from two different types of acidification: cycloto- and metoposaurier. They are similar to crocodiles and were carnivorous giant larches.

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Researchers have discovered the petrified skulls of ten giant lurks. The animals resemble crocodiles, but are dinosaurs that lived about 230 million years ago.

Steigerwald - In the Steigerwald there was a spectacular find. Paleontologists have discovered 230 million years old dinosaur skulls in sandstone.

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nordbayern.de broke the news in Germany on Tuesday, August 26, 2025.
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