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A sharp-toothed fossil found in an Egyptian desert proves that sea-going crocodiles originated in Africa, according to scientists.
They say the earliest long-snouted fossil crocodile, which was around 12 feet long, lived about 80 million years ago. The species, dubbed Wadisuchus kassabi, has been recognised as the earliest known member of Dyrosauridae - a group of ancient crocs that differed markedly from their modern relatives.
The fossil, discovered in the Egyptian Western Desert, "fundamentally"

reshapes understanding of crocodile evolution, according to a study published in The Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.