Paleontologists unveiled on Wednesday the fossil of a young marine crocodile dating back 10 to 12 million years that was discovered in a Peruvian desert.
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A 10-million-year-old fossil of a juvenile Cenozoic crocodile of the genus Piscogavialis is unveiled at the Ministry of Energy and Mines auditorium in Lima on November 27, 2024. The Geological, Mining, and Metallurgical Institute of Peru (Ingemmet) presented the articulated and almost complete skeleton of a juvenile fossil gavial discovered in Ocucaje, Ica, in southern Peru. -- Photo: Ernesto Benavides / AFP
2024-11-28 12:54:12
Paleontologists unveiled on Wednesday the fossil of a young marine crocodile dating back 10 to 12 million years that was discovered in a Peruvian desert.
The fossil of the gharial -- or fish-eating -- crocodile, around three meters long (nearly 10 feet), was discovered late 2023 in perfect condition in Peru's Ocucaje desert, around 350 kilometers (190 miles) south of the capital Lima.
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