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Benggwigwishingasuchus eremicarminis takes a stroll along a Triassic coastline. Credit: Jorge Gonzalez.
Bones found in Nevada puzzled paleontologists. The remains represent a prehistoric crocodile cousin that walked on two feet and was washed out to sea around 245 million years ago.
Read MoreThe most complete fossil of Gaiasia jennyae yet found, an early tetrapod found in the 280 million-year-old rocks of Namibia. Credit: C. Mariscano
Fossils of an enormous, salamander-like creature reveal an unexpected evolutionary twist.
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