Fossils of five species of crocodile that lived a hundred million years, including three previously unknown species have been discovered in the Sahara desert by paleontologist and National Geographic Explorer Paul Sereno. The researchers found many of the fossils on the surface in a remote area of \u200b\u200brocks and dunes of the Sahara. The crocodiles were moved by land and water by the current Niger and Morocco where several rivers crossed the then-lush plains and
domain at the time of the dinosaurs, reported Thursday a National Geographic.Recreación open the crocodile These species door to the existence of a number of types of crocodiles that have nothing to do with what we knew, "said paleontologist, author of the discovery of fossil of Sarcosuchus imperator, better known as Super Croc, which measured 13 feet long and weighed 8 tons. Several species of fossils discovered were now equipped with limbs that allowed them to walk upright. Link: Wildlife 3
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