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Crocodile fossils found with boar-like tusks, pancake heads, other odd features The Canadian Press - Thu Nov 19, 2:15 PM
WASHINGTON - A six-metre-long crocodile with three sets of fangs - like wild boar tusks - roamed parts of northern Africa millions of years ago, researchers report Thursday.
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New fossils reveal a world full of crocodiles Reuters - Thu Nov 19, 11:20 AM
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New fossils unearthed in what is now the Sahara desert reveal a once-swampy world divided up among a half-dozen species of unusual and perhaps intelligent crocodiles, researchers reported Thursday.
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Newly discovered dinosaur species dating back 200 million years found in South Africa The Canadian Press - Wed Nov 11, 9:42 PM
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - A newly discovered dinosaur species that roamed the Earth about 200 million years ago may help explain how the creatures evolved into the largest animals on land, said scientists in South Africa.
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South African find gives clue to dinosaur evolution Reuters - Wed Nov 11, 10:48 AM
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A huge dinosaur discovered in South Africa is a previously unknown species that sheds light on the evolution of the largest creatures ever to walk the earth, a scientist said Wednesday.
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