Something fishy about old croc

A bizarre marine crocodile that lived 135 million years ago in what is now Argentina had the head of a dinosaur and the tail of a fish, palaeontologists said. Scientists are calling the beast Godzilla.

It is the "most bizarre marine crocodile known to date," said researcher Diego Pol. With flipper-like feet and a fish-like tail, the crocodile is believed to have been about 4m long. But it's most unusual characteristic, said Pol, was a short and high snout, unlike the long, thin snouts found on many of today's crocodiles.

The findings are published in the journal Science.