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Paleontologists unveiled on Wednesday the fossil of a young marine crocodile dating back 10 to 12 million years that was discovered in a Peruvian desert.

古生物學家週三揭示1具在秘魯沙漠中發現的年輕海洋鱷魚化石，其年代可追溯至1000至1200萬年前。

The fossil of the gharial － or fish-eating － crocodile, around three meters long , was discovered late 2023 in perfect condition in Peru’s Ocucaje desert, around 350 kilometers south of the capital Lima.

這具長約3公尺的恆河鱷—又稱魚食性鱷魚—化石，2023年底在秘魯首都利馬以南約350公里的奧庫卡赫沙漠被發現，保存完好。

"This is the first time we found a juvenile of this species, that is to say, it had not reached its maximum size yet. It died before that," vertebrate paleontologist Mario Gamarra told a news conference.

脊椎動物古生物學家馬里奧‧加馬拉在新聞發布會上表示：「這是我們首次發現該物種的幼體，也就是說，牠尚未達到最大體型。牠在成長期間就已死亡。」

The skull and jaws of these specimens differed from that of today’s crocodiles and alligators, according to Gamarra, who headed the reconstruction of the fossil.

根據負責化石重建的加馬拉指出，這些標本的頭骨和下顎，與當今的鱷魚和短吻鱷有所不同。