CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Aug. 6 —
It turned out to be an even more amazing discovery than some North
Carolina students thought. The prehistoric bones they found in a rock quarry
seven years ago have revealed two new species dating back 215 million years — to
before the Atlantic Ocean was formed ...
... a meat-eating reptile called a rauisuchian that weighed about 1,500
pounds and reached to 6 feet, standing on its hind legs. |