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Giant salamander-like creature was a top predator in the ice age before the dinosaurs - EurekAlert


Meet Gaiasia jennyae, the swamp creature with a toilet seat-shaped head. It lived 40 million years before the first dinosaurs, and it was the top predator in its ecosystem.

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