A photo shows the fossil of a 5-meter-long Jurassic saltwater crocodile dating back 180 million years, discovered in the Herault department following excavations from 2017 to 2020, at the Lodeve Museum, on October 10, 2025. (Photo by Sylvain THOMAS / AFP) (Photo by SYLVAIN THOMAS/AFP via Getty Images)

Restorers from the Kraniata company, Camille Auclair (R) and Sebastien Enault (L), reconstruct the fossil of a 5-meter-long Jurassic saltwater crocodile dating back 180 million years, discovered in the Hérault department following excavations from 2017 to 2020, at the Lodeve Museum, on October 10, 2025. (Photo by Sylvain THOMAS / AFP) (Photo by SYLVAIN THOMAS/AFP via Getty Images)

A photo shows part of the fossil of a 5-meter-long Jurassic saltwater crocodile dating back 180 million years, discovered in the Herault department following excavations from 2017 to 2020, at the Lodeve Museum, on October 10, 2025. (Photo by Sylvain THOMAS / AFP) (Photo by SYLVAIN THOMAS/AFP via Getty Images)

Restorer from the Kraniata compagny Camille Auclair (L), and Stephane Fouche (R), head of the Paleontology Collections at the Lodeve Museum, reconstruct the fossil of a 5-meter-long Jurassic saltwater crocodile dating back 180 million years, discovered in the Hérault department following excavations from 2017 to 2020, at the Lodeve Museum, on October 10, 2025. (Photo by Sylvain THOMAS / AFP) (Photo by SYLVAIN THOMAS/AFP via Getty Images)

A photo shows part of the fossil of a 5-meter-long Jurassic saltwater crocodile dating back 180 million years, discovered in the Herault department following excavations from 2017 to 2020, at the Lodeve Museum, on October 10, 2025. (Photo by Sylvain THOMAS / AFP) (Photo by SYLVAIN THOMAS/AFP via Getty Images)

Restorer from the Kraniata compagny Camille Auclair (R), and Stephane Fouche (L), head of the Paleontology Collections at the Lodeve Museum, reconstruct the fossil of a 5-meter-long Jurassic saltwater crocodile dating back 180 million years, discovered in the Hérault department following excavations from 2017 to 2020, at the Lodeve Museum, on October 10, 2025. (Photo by Sylvain THOMAS / AFP) (Photo by SYLVAIN THOMAS/AFP via Getty Images)

Restorer from the Kraniata compagny Camille Auclair (L), and Stephane Fouche (R), head of the Paleontology Collections at the Lodeve Museum, reconstruct the fossil of a 5-meter-long Jurassic saltwater crocodile dating back 180 million years, discovered in the Hérault department following excavations from 2017 to 2020, at the Lodeve Museum, on October 10, 2025. (Photo by Sylvain THOMAS / AFP) (Photo by SYLVAIN THOMAS/AFP via Getty Images)

Head of the Paleontology Collections at the Lodeve Museum, Stephane Fouche reconstructs the fossil of a 5-meter-long Jurassic saltwater crocodile dating back 180 million years, discovered in the Hérault department following excavations from 2017 to 2020, at the Lodeve Museum, on October 10, 2025. (Photo by Sylvain THOMAS / AFP) (Photo by SYLVAIN THOMAS/AFP via Getty Images)