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The egghells belonged to a long-extinct group of crocodiles known as mekosuchines, who lived in inland waters when Australia was part of Antarctica and South America.

Co-author Prof Michael Archer said "drop crocs" were a "bizarre idea" but some were "perhaps hunting like leopards - dropping out of trees on any unsuspecting thing they fancied for dinner".

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[โ€“] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Just imagine if those exist today.

[โ€“] 0ops@piefed.zip 3 points 2 weeks ago

They literally just discovered that they had giant stick bugs in their trees. Who tf knows what else is up there