 Stony Brook University paleontologists, in collaboration with scientists from the University of Antananarivo, started digging for dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous period of Madagascar in 1993. Through the course of several expeditions, they have made some amazing discoveries, most recently the giant "devil frog," Beelzebufo.
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The most spectacular dinosaur discovery was made in
1996, when the paleontologists uncovered a nearly complete and
exquisitely preserved skull of the meat-eater,
Majungasaurus. This, and many other
discoveries, allowed the paleontologists to reach some exciting conclusions about the plate tectonic
history of the southern super-continent of Gondwana.
 In addition to dinosaurs, the paleontologists have made
exciting discoveries of fishes, frogs, turtles, snakes,
crocodiles, birds, and mammals. Perhaps most exciting is the
extraordinary diversity of crocodiles. There are six
different kinds! They range in size from small, insectivorous
forms that were less than a meter in length to giants over
5
meters long.
Most spectacular of all is a new, pug-nosed form, Simosuchus clarki, with strange teeth
that were adapted for eating plants!
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Dire Straits Dinosaur and Devil Frog Unveiled
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