A Century Ago, an Extinct Crocodilian's Skull Was Found in the Rocks That Built the Sphinx. Turns Out, It Belonged to a New Species
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“A skull specimen found a century ago in the rocks used to build the Sphinx has been identified as a previously unknown genus of gavial, now named after the Egyptian god Horus.”
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