Sebecids Found in Caribbean Islands

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Carnivorous crocodile-like monsters used to terrorize the Caribbean

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Fossils found in Cuba , Puerto Rico , and the Dominican Republic show that crocodyliform species called sebecids stalked the Caribbean islands millions of years ago .

This is the first evidence of them lurking outside South America during the Cenozoic epoch.

Lower sea levels back then could have exposed enough land to walk across.

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