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Mohamed Elashi

Scientists identify ancient Egyptian crocodile whose skull is missing its nose like the Sphinx

Scientists have identified a new crocodile genus from a 45-million-year-old Egyptian fossil after using CT scans to re-examine a skull recovered nearly a century ago.

The fossil comes from the Mokattam Formation, the same limestone formation from which the Great Sphinx was carved. Like the monument, the skull is missing the tip of its snout.

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