In 2,500 B.C.E., Work on Egypt’s Great Sphinx Began. Now, the Same Rock Used in Construction Has Revealed a New Crocodile Species
The Mokattam Formation, a thick limestone bedrock layer in Egypt, provided the primary material for the Sphinx and the Great ...
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Brazil fossil lost for 20 years helps identify new reptile species from 240 million years ago
A fossil fragment that disappeared for around two decades has helped scientists identify a previously unknown reptile that lived about 240 million years ago long before dinosaurs came to dominate the ...
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New crocodile species found fossilized in stone used to build Egypt’s Great Sphinx
About 45 million years ago in northern Egypt, a long-snouted crocodile hunted in the warm, shallow sea. Its bones settled ...
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Skull of an extinct crocodile found in the rocks used to build the Sphinx and the Pyramids turns out to be a new species
Tens of millions of years before the Ancient Egyptians erected their iconic monuments, the quarry from which they extracted ...
Found in Egypt’s desert, this 70-million-year-old mosasaur had jaws unlike any other in its family
A new mosasaur species has been identified from a 70-million-year-old fossil found in Egypt’s Western Desert. Its unusually long, slender jaws could reveal how this ancient marine predator hunted.
Scientists discovered a crocodile they never knew existed
CT scans helped determine that the fossil unearthed in Egypt came from a distinctly different ancient species.
Scientists found a new lizard in Peru — But what was it doing 4,800 metres high in the Andes?
Scientists discovered a new lizard species in Peru's Andes at 4,818 metres. Discover what makes Liolaemus arequipensis unique ...
New Scientist
Fossil mammal with reptile-like teeth changes picture of our evolution
Unlike most modern mammals, which get just two sets of teeth in their lifetime, an ancient species from the Cretaceous, found ...
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'Peculiar' new species of Jurassic squid found in Wyoming
A "peculiar" new species of Jurassic squid-like animal has been unearthed in Wyoming, U.S., following the discovery of two exceptionally rare fossils dating to around 160 million years ago. The newly ...