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Swamp King: Researchers Identify New Species of Prehistoric #Crocodile
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A prehistoric #crocodile measuring more than five metres long, dubbed the "swamp king", ruled south eastern Queensland waterways in Australia only a few million years ago, new research has found.
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Researchers at University of Queensland identified the new species of prehistoric crocodile—which they named Paludirex vincenti—from fossils first unearthed in the 1980s."Its fossilised skull measures around 65 cms, so we estimate Paludirex vincenti was at least five metres long"
