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235-Million-Year-Old Marine Reptile Tooth Discovered Near Idrija

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A fossil was found near Idrija, which the Ivan Rakovec Paleontological Institute of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts confirmed to be a 235-million-year-old tooth of a vertebrate, a marine reptile called a placodont. This animal inhabited the warm shallows on the edge of the Tethys Ocean at the time. The tooth found may be the largest ever found from this period.

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The marine reptile Placadon inhabited the warm shallows of the fringes of the Tethys Ocean. The tooth may be the largest yet found from this period.

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A fossil was found near Idrija, which the Ivan Rakovec Paleontological Institute of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts confirmed to be a 235-million-year-old tooth of a vertebrate, a marine reptile called a placodont. This animal inhabited the warm shallows on the edge of the Tethys Ocean at the time. The tooth found may be the largest ever found from this period.

·Ljubljana, Slovenia
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24ur.com broke the news in Ljubljana, Slovenia on Wednesday, July 8, 2026.
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