Mega Croc Scute - Sarcosuchus Fossil nasa-mission-flown where the boundary is exposed

where the boundary is exposed to the surface

The intricate lattice of native copper crystals reveals a story of deep geological processes lasting hundreds of millions of years

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each tissue fragment is unique

Mega Croc Scute - Sarcosuchus Fossil nasa-mission-flown where the boundary is exposedGrowing as long as a school bus with a set of natural bony armor, Sarcosuchus was a true apex predator that even the dinosaurs feared. This extinct ancestor was similar to modern crocodilians, but far bigger and even more dangerous. This specimen is a fossil fragment of a Sarcosuchus scute, one of the bony plates that covered the animal's back. It was recovered from the Elrhaz Formation and dates back 112,000,000 years to the early Cretaceous.