Dinosaur Adamantinasuchus Navae

Brazilian researcher Mario Nicoll speaks to journalists during the presentation of "Adamantinasuchus navae", a terrestrial crocodylomorph, at Geology department of Rio de Janeiro's Federal University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April. 17, 2007. The fossil was found recently in the construction site of a dam in Marilia, in the state of Sao Paulo. The new species, whose morphology is unique among terrestrail crocodylomorphs, measured 50 cms and weighed 10 Kg. It lived around 90 million years ago in the southeastern region of Brazil. (Austral Foto/Renzo Gostoli)

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Brazilian researcher Mario Nicoll speaks to journalists during the presentation of "Adamantinasuchus navae", a terrestrial crocodylomorph, at Geology department of Rio de Janeiro's Federal University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April. 17, 2007. The fossil was found recently in the construction site of a dam in Marilia, in the state of Sao Paulo. The new species, whose morphology is unique among terrestrail crocodylomorphs, measured 50 cms and weighed 10 Kg. It lived around 90 million years ago in the southeastern region of Brazil. (Austral Foto/Renzo Gostoli)

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