170-million-year-old fossils reveal new crocodile relative with needle-thin teeth

The Times of India

Scientists studying 170-million-year-old fossils from Morocco spotted tiny black circles under a microscope; scraping revealed needle-thin teeth from a new crocodile relative that likely ate shrimp and small fish

TOI Science Desk · Oct 13, 2026

an array of exceptionally slender teeth belonging to a previously unknown crocodile relative that lived around 170 million years ago. The discovery offers a glimpse into the surprising diversity of prehistoric predators during the Jurassic Period, states a release by the University of Portsmouth.