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University of Iowa-Led Researchers Discover Long-Extinct Giant Dwarf Crocodile Species
June 14, 2022
IOWA CITY, Iowa, June 14 (TNSjou) -- The University of Iowa issued the following news:

Millions of years ago, giant dwarf crocodiles roamed a part of Africa with a taste for our human ancestors.

In a new study, researchers led by the University of Iowa announced the discovery of two new species of crocodiles that roamed east Africa between 15 million and 18 million years ago before mysteriously disappearing. The species, called giant dwarf crocodiles, are related to dwa . . .

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