100 Million-Year-Old New Crocodile Species Found in Thailand

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100 Million-Year-Old New Crocodile Species Found in Thailand

BANGKOK -- A new species of crocodile that lived 100 million years ago has been identified from a fossil found in Thailand, researchers said Thursday.

Komsorn Lauprasert, a scientist at Mahasarakham University, said the species had longer legs than modern-day crocodiles and probably fed on fish, based on the characteristics of its teeth.

"They were living on land and could run very fast," said Komsorn, who noticed the skull fossil in a museum in the summer of 2006.

The 6-inch-long fossil was originally retrieved from an excavation site in Nakhon Rathchasima province, also known as Korat, but had not been identified as belonging to a distinct species.

The species has been named "Khoratosuchus jintasakuli," after Korat province, where the fossil was found, and the last name of the director of the Northeastern Research Institute of Petrified Wood and Mineral Resources, Pratueng Jintasakul.

The finding has been published a peer-reviewed publication of The Geological Society of London.

Northeastern Thailand has become an important site for paleontologists in recent decades. Numerous prehistoric fossils have been found in Thailand's so-called dinosaur belt, where fossil-rich Mesozoic-era sedimentary rock has been thrust to the surface.

Thai and French scientists began conducting joint research in the area in 1980 after a geologist seeking uranium found a dinosaur thigh bone in the late 1970s.

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Edited November 27, 2010 by Lord Infamous

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Wow, so the Bible is right.

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Wow, so the Bible is right.

About...

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About...

Everything, apparently.

I know you hate organized religion so I am impressed by your willingness to post this article. It takes a real man to admit he might be wrong.

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Everything, apparently.

I know you hate organized religion so I am impressed by your willingness to post this article. It takes a real man to admit he might be wrong.

This crocodile roamed the earth about 100 million years (give or take 2 thousand years) before the Bible was written.

Bible = 0

Crocodile = 1

Edited November 27, 2010 by Lord Infamous

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This crocodile roamed the earth about 100 million years (give or take 2 thousand years) before the Bible was written.

Yes, it is amazing isn't it? Even someone like you who has no faith must find their faith strengthened, if only a little, by something like this.

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Bible = 0

Crocodile = 1

The Bible team has a really good D-fence, some amazing pass rushers and a decent secondary.

But I guess they're just no match for the Crocodile's offensive rushing game which ultimately wore them down to win the game in OT.

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The Bible team has a really good D-fence, some amazing pass rushers and a decent secondary.

But I guess they're just no match for the Crocodile's offensive rushing game which ultimately wore them down to win the game in OT.

just wait until the bible team throws a hail mary.