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🔬 Science
October 09, 2026 at 03:00 PM
A Century Ago, an Extinct Crocodilian's Skull Was Found in the Rocks That Built the Sphinx. Turns Out, It Belonged to a New Species
Source:
Smithsonian Magazine
Paleontologists have identified a new, extinct species of gavial, a cousin to crocodiles, from a skull found a century ago near the Sphinx, previously mislabeled.
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