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70 million-year-old hypercarnivore that ate dinosaurs named after Egyptian god

70 million-year-old hypercarnivore that ate dinosaurs named after Egyptian god

A gigantic crocodile-like hypercarnivore likely hunted dinosaurs 70 million years ago in what is now Argentina, a new study reveals. Researchers discovered the fossilized skeleton from the extinct apex predator in southern Patagonia in 2020. It grew up to around 11.5 feet (3.5 meters) long and weighed about 550 pounds (250 kilograms). The creature is named Kostensuchus atrox after the …

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