Dinosaur teeth found in French customs check near Italy border

The teeth belonging to creatures from roughly 70 million years ago were discoveredin a lorry.

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The discovery was made as the officers inspected a Spanish lorry on the A8 motorway on 28 January, officials say.

They spotted the apparent fossils in two parcels and sent them to be examined by a prehistory museum in the nearby city of Menton.

On Friday, an expert revealed the teeth had belonged to reptiles from the Late Cretaceous period - 72 to 66 million years ago - in Morocco, authorities said.

Lorries travelling on the A8 motorway between Spain and Italy are regularly stopped.

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