Africa, 2014. An archaeological team is working on the hillside. Suddenly, someone shouted, "What's that!" I saw that in the sand of the 45-degree slope, there was a head the size of a toilet lid, looking at the archaeological team members motionlessly! Everyone was taken aback.
This scene took place in Namibia, Africa. At that time, the archaeological team was excavating on the hillside. There is evidence that this was a swamp a long, long time ago, and experts call it the Gondwana Continental Marshland.
The former swamp has long since dried up, and today it is full of stones and sand. Fortunately, archaeologists have found traces of paleontological activity here. Just as they rejoiced, an even bigger surprise suddenly appeared!
An archaeological team member walked towards the head the size of a toilet lid, and when he got closer, he saw that it was a large rock. He laughed and said to his teammates, "Guys, it's just a rock, there's no fuss." ”
However, just as he was about to turn away, he noticed that there was something underneath the stone! He used his hands to peel through the gravel, revealing stones that resembled the vertebrae of animals. He couldn't help but shout, "Oh my God! It's incredible! ”
When the other archaeological team members heard the news, they were stunned when they saw the strange stones that appeared in the sand: "This is obviously a kind of paleontological fossil that has never been seen before!" ”
They continued to peel through the sand, revealing more parts of the sand in front of them. Until the end, the fossil was presented to people in its entirety. Oh, my God! Its length is 2.5 meters. The huge toilet seat-like part, with a length of 60 centimeters, is its head.
What kind of fossil is this? Why is it so huge? There is such a question on everyone's mind.
Archaeologists have determined that this is the fossilized skeleton of a large carnivore that lived in the marshes of the Gondwana continent in Namibia 280 million years ago. About 40 million years before the first dinosaurs evolved!
Archaeologists have reconstructed the appearance of this large carnivore, a long-extinct swamp creature with short, impartially evolved limbs, based on fossilized bones.
It is 2.5 meters long, has a large head, and opens its mouth to suck in prey. In its mouth, it has huge fangs. It looks very fierce and is a top hunter in the swamp.
