Namibia fossil is a prehistoric 'swamp thing' with menacing fangs

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About 280 million years ago, a large creature built somewhat like a salamander but with frightful fangs prowled the swamps and lakes of what is now Namibia, ambushing prey as a top predator in a chilly ecosystem long before the dinosaurs.

While this was taking place, some stem tetrapods persisted, especially in remote places like Namibia was at the time.

Roughly 100 million years before Gaiasia existed, the first land vertebrates had evolved from fish with fleshy fins.

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Markets: SingaporeAntarcticaNamibia

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