Fossil of 30-Foot Crocodile Found in Sahara Desert
Scientists have discovered the fossil remains of a Cretaceous-era crocodile in the Sahara Desert, Tunisia. The fossil is incomplete, but the newly named “Machimosaurus rex,” is estimated to be 31 feet (nearly 10 meters) long, making it the largest known ocean-crocodile in history.
The head of a sarcosuchus imperator in Expominer 2007, Barcelona, Spain Eduard Solà Vázquez/Wikipedia Commons
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