//'Swamp king' prehistoric crocodile identified in Australia

'Swamp king' prehistoric crocodile identified in Australia

Scientists in Australia have identified a new species of prehistoric crocodile they have christened the “swamp king.”The creature, officially named Paludirex vincenti, measured more than 16 feet long and dominated waterways in southeastern Queensland, according to a press release from the University of Queensland (UQ) published Monday.It lived between 5.33 and 2.58 million years ago, researcher Jorgo Ristevski, a PhD candidate at UQ’s School of