Tag Archive for 'Herugavialis'

The Sphinx was carved from the same rock formation that yielded the Herugavialis cairensis fossil, and both are missing the tip of the nose. Image credit: Karim Zanaty.

45-Million-Year-Old Crocodile Skull from Egypt Gets New Name: Herugavialis cairensis

Oct 7, 2026 by Enrico de Lazaro

CT scans of a fossil found near Cairo show the animal was not a relative of the false gharial (Tomistoma schlegelii), as paleontologists long thought. The...