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Tango0109 Jun 2018 3:25 p.m. PST

… is ‘Missing Link' in Crocodile Evolution

"Dubbed Magyarosuchus fitosi, the ancient crocodile lived during the Early Jurassic epoch in the Mediterranean region of the Tethys Ocean.

It is what paleontologists called a crocodyliform, part of a group known as the crocodilians that includes extant alligators and caimans.

The incomplete skeleton of Magyarosuchus fitosi was unearthed in Gerecse Mountains in north-west Hungary in 1996.

It was analyzed by Dr. Mark Young from the University of Edinburgh and his colleagues from Hungary and Germany…"

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Cacique Caribe11 Jun 2018 2:15 a.m. PST

Wow, Magyar? As in Hungary?

So was he like Crocodilla the Hun? :)

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Tango0111 Jun 2018 1:01 p.m. PST

(smile)

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