Day: January 18, 2011

New Prehistoric Crocodile Found in “Kitchen Counters”

By Ker Than, for National Geographic News | December 30, 2010   Fossils found in limestone slabs once destined for Italian homes. A scientist shows the fossilized limestone next to a head model of the prehistoric crocodile. (Photograph courtesy Federico Borella) Fossils of a new species of ancient crocodile cousin have been found in limestone once