Experts identify creature resembling 'dolphin and crocodile hybrid'

Scientists examining fossil remains discovered more than a century ago have discovered a creature resembling a hybrid dolphin and crocodile.

Experts identify creature resembling 'dolphin and crocodile hybrid'

Scientists examining fossil remains discovered more than a century ago have discovered a creature resembling a hybrid dolphin and crocodile.

The new species, named Tyrannoneustes lythrodectikos, was a marine “super-predator” that lived 163 million years ago.

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