Ancient crocodilian found in rocks that built Great Sphinx: Study
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Fossils recovered from the same limestone formation used to build Egypt’s Great Sphinx belong to a distinct extinct crocodilian that lived about 45 million years ago, researchers said Tuesday. The animal, named Herugavialis cairensis, inhabited the shallow tropical sea that once covered what is now northern Egypt, according to a study published in the journal Royal Society Open Science. Its remains came from the Mokattam Formation, a thick limestone deposit containing fossils of fish, sharks and
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