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Crikey! Massive prehistoric croc emerges from South East Queensland – Science Daily

A prehistoric croc measuring more than five meters long — dubbed the ‘swamp king’ — ruled south eastern Queensland waterways only a few million years ago. Researchers…

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A prehistoric croc measuring more than five metres long — dubbed the ‘swamp king’ — ruled south eastern Queensland waterways only a few million years ago.University of Queensland researchers identified the new species of prehistoric croc — which they named Paludirex vincenti — from fossils first unearthed in the 1980s.
UQ PhD candidate Jorgo Ristevski, from UQ’s School of Biological Sciences, said they named the species after Geoff Vincent who discovered the giant fossilised skull near the town…

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