Giant salamander-like predator with fangs existed 40 million years before dinosaurs, research reveals Giga Mail

Giant salamander-like predator with fangs existed 40 million years before dinosaurs, research reveals Giga Mail

Scientists have revealed fossils of a giant salamander-like beast with sharp fangs that ruled waters before the first dinosaurs arrived. The animal, researchers say, is roughly 272-million-year-old. The findings were published Wednesday in the journal Nature. The researchers dubbed the species Gaiasia jennyae, an hommage to Gai-as Formation in Namibia, where the fossil was found, … Read more