Prompt: A giant meat-eating dinosaur that lived 120 million years ago has been found – and it's sparked a scientific mystery. Part of the skeleton of the long-extinct carnivore was found by scientists who say it would've chased down its prey.
AN ANCIENT crocodile-like beast known as a "tank of the Triassic" has been found with most of its armor intact.Fossils of aetosaurs have been found on every continent except for Australia and Antarctica.
"We have elements from the back of the neck and shoulder region all the way to the tip of the tail," saidThe Garzapelta muelleri would've looked a lot like a modern crocodile but with more armor.The new aetosaur – an ancient cousin of the crocodile – would've been covered in bony plates that were embedded into the skin, fitting together to form a "mosaic".Unlike carnivorous crocodiles of today, the Garzapelta muelleri was likely omnivorous.
"They've been sitting in the museum for decades and it just takes someone like Will to come along and finally decide to study them and make them come to life." Scientists generally believe that a massive comet or asteroid around 9 miles wide crashed into Earth, devastating the planet
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