Scientists Identify 23Ft Long Crocodile Who Lived Up To 5 Million Years Ago
The crocodile is thought to have belonged to a group of crocodile called tomistomines, which until now were not recorded in Australia. The crocodile was identified based on the remains of a skull that was found in southern Queensland in the 19th century. A study on the crocodile’s identification refers to the crocodile as “Australia’s first tomistome crocodylian.” Scientists named the species Gunggamarandu maunala to honor the First Nations peoples of the Darling Downs area in Queensland....