Overview

• The giant salamanderlike predator existed 40 million years before dinosaurs.
• Its skull was about 2 feet long, and it likely used its head and teeth to capture prey.
• Fossils were found in Namibia, an area that was once covered in glaciers.
• The discovery challenges previous notions about the habitats of early tetrapods.
• The research was published in the journal Nature, highlighting the complexity of early tetrapod evolution.