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Earliest long-snouted fossil crocodile from Egypt reveals the African origins of seagoing crocs
In the Egyptian Western Desert, where red sandstones and green shales rise above the arid plains of Kharga Oasis, paleontologists have uncovered a fossil that fundamentally reshapes our understanding of crocodile evolution.
80-Million-Year-Old Fossils of Long-Snouted Crocodile Unearthed in Egypt
Paleontologists have discovered two partial skulls and three partial jaws from an early-diverging dyrosaurid crocodyliform in the layers of the Quseir Formation in Egypt. The post 80-Million-Year-Old Fossils of Long-Snouted Crocodile Unearthed in Egypt appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.
A team of Egyptian and American paleontologists discovered in Egypt the oldest known fossil of marine crocodile, a species called Wadisuchus kassabi. The find redefines the evolutionary history of these reptiles and positions the African continent as its original cradle. Read more
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