Namibian huge fossil resembling a salamander with fangs and a skull shaped like a toilet seat
Scientists claim that the 2.5-meter-long creature existed 280 million years ago as an apex predator, before the time of the dinosaurs. Namibian fossil hunters have found a massive 280-meter-old salamander-like creature that lived before the dinosaur era and was an apex predator. The creature, named Gaiasia jennyae, was roughly 2.5 metres long, with a head shaped like a toilet seat and menacing interlocking fangs. It lurked in lakes and chilly swamps, mouth agape, ready to snap its strong jaws shut on any unsuspecting victim that dared swim by. Prof. Claudia Marsicano of the University of Buenos Aires, who discovered the fossil alongside colleagues, described their discovery as "really shocking" when they saw the massive specimen "just lying on the outcrop as a giant concretion." "As soon as I saw it, I realised it was something entirely different. We were all giddy with anticipation. Gaiasia would have been one of the biggest land predators at the time and th