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.
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Fossil of 30-Foot Crocodile Found in Sahara Desert
The head of a sarcosuchus imperator in Expominer 2007, Barcelona, Spain (Eduard Solà Vázquez/Wikipedia Commons)
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