Havana  - Cuban scientists have found a fossil of a 10-metre- long crocodile that lived more than 20 million years ago.

These are the first fossils found on the island of this reptile, which lived in the Miocene period, Alejandro Romero Emperador, a member of Cuba's Speleological Society, told the local news agency Prensa Latina on Tuesday.

The fossils were found in the spillway of Zaza dam, Cuba's largest reservoir, in the central province of Sancti Spiritus.

Romero Emperador said the remains were found along with those of aquatic mammals known as dugongs. They were exposed by the water's erosion of the soil.

The expert noted that other fossils of gigantic animals have also been found in the area, although the species to which they belong is yet to be determined.  dpa