The fossil remains of a reptile at least 100 million years old was accidentally found in the Central Negev, it was announced here today. The fossil was embedded in rocks dating back to the Cretaceous era, which paleontologists place at about 100 million years ago.
This is the first find in Israel from the Cretaceous. Most of the fossils found in Israel have been from the older Jurassic period, but are of little scientific value. The oldest fossil yet found, believed to date from the Triassic era, some 200 million years ago, was unearthed last year and sent to a museum in Stockholm for reconstruction.
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