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- The world's longest sandstone cave named Krem Puri was recently discovered in Meghalaya.
- 'Krem' means 'cave' in Khasi language.
- The cave system which is 24,583 metres long was discovered in near Laitsohum village, located in the Mawsynram area in Meghalaya's East Khasi Hills district.
- It has a length of 24.5 km, almost three times the height of Mount Everest, and contains some dinosaur fossils from 66-76 million years ago
- The previous world record holder in the longest sandstone cave category was Venezuela's Cueva Del Saman in Edo Zulia. This is an 18,200-metre (18.2km) long quartzite sandstone cave.
- The dinosaur fossils in the longest sandstone cave in the world include those of the Mosasaurus.
- It was a carnivorous aquatic lizard that resided on Earth around 66-70 million years ago.
- Meghalaya is also home to India's longest cave in the general category - the Krem Liat Prah-Umim-Labit limestone cave system located in Jaintia Hills. It measures over 31 km in length.
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