New crocodile species found in rocks of Egypt’s Great Sphinx

A skull from the now extinct ‘Herugavialis cairensis’ was discovered in the 1920s—and is also missing part of its nose.

New crocodile species discovered in rocks used to build the Great Sphinx

A new species of extinct crocodile from Egypt has been discovered, sharing more than just its home with the Great Sphinx.
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Skull of an extinct crocodile found in the rocks used to build the Sphinx and the Pyramids turns out to be a new species

Tens of millions of years before the Ancient Egyptians erected their iconic monuments, the quarry from which they extracted ...

Scientists name ancient crocodile species found in rock that built the Great Sphinx

Scientists say they have identified an extinct crocodile species from about 45 million years ago in the limestone formation ...
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Scientists Identify a New Crocodile Genus From the Rocks That Gave Us the Sphinx

A museum fossil revealed a new crocodile genus with a strange Sphinx connection: the same rock formation and a missing snout ...

New extinct crocodile found in Sphinx rocks, with a missing snout tip

Long before the Great Sphinx became one of Egypt’s most recognisable monuments, the landscape around Cairo was home to a very different kind of long-snouted creature. Now, a fossil discovered from the ...