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Kyhytysuka sachicarum                                          

1st December, 2021 ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

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Context: An international team of researchers has discovered a new marine reptile.

  • The specimen, a metre-long skull, has been named Kyhytysuka sachicarum.
  • Kyhytysuka means ‘one that cuts with something sharp’ in an indigenous language from the region in central Colombia where the fossil was found.

https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/what-is-kyhytysuka-sachicarum-7649998/