Prehistoric super salamander was top predator, fossils suggest
Tuesday, March 24, 2015 - 09:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
A previously undiscovered species of crocodile-like amphibian that lived during the rise of dinosaurs was among Earth's top predators more than 200 million years ago, a study shows. Palaeontologists identified the prehistoric species -- which looked like giant salamanders -- after excavating bones buried on the site of an ancient lake in southern Portugal.