Alligator fossils living in Peru 10 million years ago revealed

Fossils of crocodiles believed to have lived 10 million years ago have been revealed.

The fossil released by the Peruvian government's geological research institute is a 3-meter-long baby Gabial crocodile discovered in the Okucahe Desert last year.

Except for the left limb and part of the tail, the preservation is excellent.Archaeologists have described the fossil as a young specimen of a fish-eating gavial crocodile,

, and that it grows up to 9 meters when grown up.

Fossils of four-legged whales, dolphins and sharks that lived in the Miocene were also found in Peru's Okucahe Desert.