Giant swamp creature with ‘huge fangs’ top predator before dinosaurs – study

The fanged creature had a skull more than two feet-long, and lived in swampy waters 40 million years before dinosaurs first evolved
Giant swamp creature with ‘huge fangs’ top predator before dinosaurs – study

Gaiasia jennyae had interlocking jaws which it used to clamp down on prey as it swam past. Picture: Gabriel Lio/PA

A giant salamander-like creature was a top predator in the ice age before dinosaurs, a new study suggests.

The fanged creature had a skull more than two feet-long, and lived in swampy waters 40 million years before dinosaurs first evolved.

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