Detecting fossil crocodile bones dating back 140 million years
Fossils of a crocodile living in the sea 140 million years ago have been found in Patagonia (South America). Scientists have given it a name Godzilla - because the muzzle resembles a dinosaur and its teeth are dull
Fossils of a crocodile living in the sea 140 million years ago have been found in Patagonia (South America). Scientists gave it a name Godzilla - because of the muzzle like a dinosaur and jagged teeth.
Often, marine crocodiles are known to be characterized by long, thin snout and sharp pyramid teeth used to catch small fish and soft animals.
However, this newly discovered fossil alligator has a dinosaur-like muzzle and large, jagged teeth like serrated teeth.
" These characteristics suggest that this crocodile may belong to Tyrannosaurus carnivorous dinosaurs (dinosaurs with short legs and very long tails), " said researcher Diego Pol of Ohio State University, Columbus, USA. , " It was really surprising with that strange shape because no one could think of it as a sea crocodile ".
The shape and size of the jaw and teeth of this fossil crocodile show that this is a species that specializes in eating large marine animals; not just small fish like the alligators known to date.
According to the BBC
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