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Published online 19 February 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news020218-8
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Duck croc found
Ancient dwarf crocodilian swam with giants.
"It looks like David Letterman," says palaeontologist Paul Sereno of the skull in his palm. The new-found fossil belongs to the 'duck crocodile', a gap-toothed "little cutie" that strolled the riverbanks of Niger 110 million years ago, terrorizing little more than crabs and insects.
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