File:Ancient Crocodile Pakasuchus kapilimai (15104697297).jpg
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This graphic is comparing the size of the ancient crocodile Pakasuchus kapilimai to a housecat. P. kapilimai once roamed Tanzania in the Middle Cretaceous period and had a number of features unusual for crocodylians, including mammal-like teeth and a flexible spine. Paleontologists scouring a river bank in Tanzania unearthed the previously unknown "croc" from 105 million-year-old, mid-Cretaceous rock in the Great East African Rift System. The discovery was made by an international team of researchers, led by Patrick O'Connor of Ohio University, who were funded in part by NSF. To learn more about this discovery, see the NSF press release,These Crocs Were Made for Chewing? Further information is also available in the NSF special report, "These Crocs Are Made for Biting!" (Date of Image: 2010) Credit: Zina Deretsky, National Science Foundation |
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This image is a work of a National Science Foundation employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain. |
This image was originally posted to Flickr by National Science Foundation at https://flickr.com/photos/37157086@N02/15104697297 (archive). It was reviewed on 19 January 2018 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the United States Government Work. |
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