200 million year old fossil found

200 million-year-old croc egg fossils found

They are so well preserved that they give an insight into the "mother croc" that laid them 152 million years ago.

The prehistoric crocodile ancestor would have spanned 2 metres, based on the size of the larger eggs, say palaeontologists.

Crocodiles arose some 200 million years ago, when they prowled the land with early dinosaurs.

Today, they are found throughout the world and are successful predators.