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Saturday, November 24, 2007

Cavers in Cuba find fossils of 20-million-year-old croc

Cavers in Cuba find fossils of 20-million-year-old croc
Saturday, November 24, 2007
AFP

LA HABANA -- Cavers in central Cuba found the remains of what is
believed to be a 20 million-year-old, 10-meter-long (33-foot) crocodile,
local media reported on Wednesday.

The team from the Speleological Society of Cuba also found bones
believed to be from prehistoric dugongs, the Escambray daily reported.

The remains, thought to date back to the Miocene Epoch were found in the
Cayajana river about 350 kilometers (220 miles) east of Havana.

More bones, yet to be identified, will be excavated from the site at a
later date, the daily quoted officials as saying.

http://www.chinapost.com.tw/international/2007/11/24/132244/Cavers%2Din.htm

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