Close up of fossils of crocodiles, elephants, giant prehistoric birds

Crocodile fossils are larger than buses, mastodons weigh 6 tons or skulls of giant birds ... newly excavated in Venezuela.

Crocodile fossils are larger than buses, mastodons weigh 6 tons or skulls of giant birds . newly excavated in Venezuela.

Recently, in a Venezuelan oil mining, researchers have found a "treasure" of scary creatures. It is a fossil of a crocodile bigger than a bus, mastodon (Mastodon) weighs 6 tons or a "great" skull of Glyptodon (a mammal with armor, often called a soldier wear armor) .

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Researcher Ascania Rincon is showing off his newly discovered "collection"

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Paleontologist Ascanio Rincon holds the skull of a Glyptodon found in Venezuela

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Close up of the skull of Glyptodon

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The jaw of a crocodile is estimated to be several tons

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Mine of a giant fossil bird

Through research, experts say, these fossils date from 140,000 to 370 million years ago. Ascania Rincon, head of the Biological Stock Laboratory, told AFP: "We were surprised to find this fossil. This is considered a pretty reliable evidence for a prehistoric hunter. chasing large grass-eating animals (collectively referred to as Megafauna) in ancient times ".

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A giant femoral bone in the newly discovered fossil collection

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Fossil bones of prehistoric species are preserved very carefully

When a fossil is found, experts will have to remove the remaining sediments on it, wash them and carefully compare them to existing models. However, he and his research team have a higher mandate, which is to spread awareness of what was on the planet millions of years ago and encourage people to care about everything around them. now on.

Update 17 December 2018
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