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“The origin of the Sphinx’s name The Egyptians did not refer to the great statue as the Sphinx.”
“In the 1920s, several fossilized remains, including a largely intact crocodile-like skull, emerged from the roughly 45-million-year-old Mokattam Formation at a site near Cairo.”
“Little did they know, the material they were digging through preserved something even more archaic: fossils of a long-extinct crocodile.”
“Her work has appeared in publications including BBC Travel, Discover magazine, Live Science , Atlas Obscura and Hidden Compass .”
“Comparing measurements of the skull to those of modern and fossil gavials revealed that the roughly 18-inch-long noggin represented not just a new species, but a new genus as well.”
“They named it Herugavialis cairensis , drawing inspiration from the Egyptian god Heru, also known as Horus .”
“The Mediterranean region was home to a diverse community of crocodilians, including gavials, during much of the last 50 million years, lead author Paul Burke , a paleontologist at the Swedish Museum of Natural History, says in a statement .”
“Both are endangered, Burke tells Science News ’ Jake Buehler.”
“A Century Ago, an Extinct Crocodilian's Skull Was Found in the Rocks That Built the Sphinx.”
“Amy Sussman/Getty Images Grimes is back.”