Fossils found in the Dominican Republic provide insight into the island's past.

The recent discovery of the remains of a sebecid, a prehistoric relative of crocodiles, in Monte Plata, near Los Haitises National Park, offers Dominican researchers more clues about the geological past of the island of Hispaniola, which would have been home to large predators millions of years ago. Referring to the research work, Juan Almonte, curator of the paleontological collection of the National Museum of Natural History Prof. Eugenio de J…