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Pic of the Day: Meet the Shieldcroc, Crocodiles’ Earliest Ancestor

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Researchers from Marshall University, US, have reported a new kind of giant crocodilyform who lived 95 million years ago. Named Aegisuchus witmeri, scientists have nicknamed it “shieldcroc” for the shield-like skin on its head, never seen before in these species. “We believe Shieldcroc may have used its long face as a fish trap,” says Nick   …Continue Reading