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We present the properties of two candidate massive (M₁0^11M_) and dusty (A ₕ>2. 5 mag) galaxies at z=5-7 in the first 0. 28 deg² of the COSMOS-Web survey. One object is spectroscopically confirmed at z ₒ₄₂=5. 051, while the other has a robust z ₇₎ₓ=6. 70. 3. Thanks to their extremely red colors (F277W-F444W1. 7 mag), these galaxies satisfy the nominal color-selection for the widely-studied ``little red dot" (LRD) population with the exception of their spatially-resolved morphologies. The morphology of our targets allows us to conclude that their red continuum is dominated by highly obscured stellar emission and not by reddened nuclear activity. Using a variety of SED-fitting tools and star formation histories, we estimate the stellar masses to be (M_) =11. 32^+0. 07-₀. ₁₅ M_ and (M_) =11. 2^+0. 1-₀. ₂ M_, respectively, with a red continuum emission dominated by a recent episode of star formation. We then compare their number density to the halo mass function to infer stellar baryon fractions of ₀. 25 and ₀. 5. Both are significantly higher than what is commonly observed in lower-z galaxies or more dust-obscured galaxies at similar redshifts. With very bright ultra-high-z Lyman-Break Galaxies and some non-AGN dominated LRDs, such ``extended" LRDs represent another population that may require very efficient star formation at early times.
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