The 95 million year old crocodile and its last food was discovered in Australia

The 95 million year old crocodile and its last food was discovered in Australia

The 95 million year old crocodile and its last food was discovered in Australia

An exceptional discovery was made by Australian archaeologists who discovered the bones of a 95-year-old new type of crocodile … 19.02.2022, Sputnik France

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Fossils

Crocodiles

Dinosaurs

Cryptography

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A team of researchers has been lucky enough to identify the fossil of a new endangered species of crocodile called Confractosuchus sauroktonos in Queensland, Australia, according to a study published in the February 10 issue of Gondwana Research magazine. Cretaceous about 95 million years ago and about 2.5 meters long, these fossil remains, almost complete skull with its teeth and a posterior skeleton missing, tail and hip, appeared in the grounds of a sheep farm near the formation of the Winton. In 2010. An extraordinary discovery turned out to be more interesting, that the model, which apparently had a good appetite, was not alone in its concretion. Such a decision was made after ancient researchers discovered its last food. Joseph Bevitt of the Australian Institute of Atomic Science and Technology (ANSTO), one of the authors of the research, noted on February 15 that scientists had discovered the remains of a small dinosaur in the bones of a crocodile. Remains of a prey weighing about 1.7 kilograms showed up in a bundle. Both are “instigators, predators and prey”.