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Scientists name prehistoric crocodile found in Tunisia
In 2014, a team of Italian and Tunisian scientists discovered marine crocodile fossils in rocks identified as being around 130 million years old. Found roughly 30 miles south of the city of Tataouine in southern Tunisia, the reptile has been named Machimosaurus rex and is believed to have a body length of up to 35 feet – larger than any known crocodiles from the same period. Federico Fanti, assista...