(CNN) — A massive, fanged creature with a head shaped like a toilet seat lurked in swamps near the edge of the world 280 million years ago, long before the first dinosaurs appeared, new research has ...

“Gaiasia jennyae was considerably larger than a person, and it probably hung out near the bottom of swamps and lakes," an expert said Marina Watts is a Digital Writer, Music at PEOPLE. She has been ...

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