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Prehistoric Crocodile Tooth Found On Sandown Beach

Crocodile tooth. Photo from Cara Warrick.

A crocodile tooth - believed to be around 145 million-years-old - has been found on an Isle of Wight beach.

Martin Brown and his two sons Jaxon, 9, and Bodhi Warrick, 6, made the discovery while fossil hunting in Sandown this morning (Wednesday).

It is said to be their first-ever fossil find.


Crocodile tooth. Photo from Cara Warrick.

Intrigued as to what it could be, the boys took the fossil to Dinosaur Isle, where experts confirmed it was that of a crocodile tooth.

The boys' mum Cara Warrick said they were told the tooth dates back to the Cretaceous Period.

It's believed to be between 145.5 and 65.5 million-years-old.

It is not the first fossil to be found on the Island. Back in February, brothers Luke and Joe Ferguson found a fossil believed to be from an elephant or mammoth.

While a dinosaur footprint was uncovered on the foreshore at Yaverland in June, as Isle of Wight Radio reported.

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