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# Fossil of pre-dinosaur predator found in Brazil
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## Brazilian paleontologists have discovered the well-preserved and near-
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complete fossils of a pre-dinosaur predator that lived some 238 million years
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ago.
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7:00AM BST 12 May 2010
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[Comments][1]
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The creature, a Prestosuchus chiniquensis, was about seven 22 feet long,
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weighed one ton and lived in the Triassic Period (250 to 200 million years
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ago), paleontologists from the Lutheran University of Brazil said.
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A team led by paleontologist Sergio Furtado Cabreira and biologist Lucio
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Roberto da Silva found the fossils in the town of Dona Francisca, some 160
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miles from Porto Alegre, the capital of the southern state of Rio Grande do
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Sul.
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"It is something that we could never imagine - the quality of preservation and
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the size of the fossils are sensational," said Da Silva in a university press
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statement.
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The discovery "will allow us to better understand the anatomy of the
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Prestosuchus and will help us more precisely build its skeleton," he said.
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These are the only remains that include a well preserved hind leg, "which will
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give us new information on the locomotion of these incredible reptiles," added
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Furtado Cabreira.
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10 May 2010
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The remains were found in a sedimentary rock formation that was a lake
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millions of years ago. Paleontologists believe that herbivore creatures
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stopped to drink at the site and were ambushed by carnivores such as the
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Prestosuchus.
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The Prestosuchus, a close relative of the crocodile, had a large, deep skull
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with serrated teeth and a long tail.
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