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‘Monstrous’ sabre-toothed creatures have been unearthed in Russia
Two new species of predatory creatures with giant sabre teeth have been unearthed in Russia. The prehistoric animals belong to a group known as therapsids or “protomammals” that ruled the planet long before the first dinosaurs over 250 million years ago. These creatures would ultimately give rise to modern mammals, but they were largely wiped out by a massive extinction event at the end of the Permian era that made way for the age of the dinosaurs.
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