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Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP25 Dec 2023 8:13 p.m. PST

… weren't just marine animals


"Fossils of small plesiosaurs, long-necked marine reptiles from the age of dinosaurs, have been found in a 100-million year old river system that is now Morocco's Sahara Desert. This discovery suggests some species of plesiosaur, traditionally thought to be sea creatures, may have lived in freshwater.


Plesiosaurs, first found in 1823 by fossil hunter Mary Anning, were prehistoric reptiles with small heads, long necks, and four long flippers. They inspired reconstructions of the Loch Ness Monster, but unlike the monster of Lake Loch Ness, plesiosaurs were marine animals—or were widely thought to be…"

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gavandjosh0226 Dec 2023 6:49 p.m. PST

thanks

rvandusen Supporting Member of TMP30 Dec 2023 11:15 a.m. PST

Makes sense. Even today there are a few reptiles that live in the sea but have close relatives in rivers and swamps.

Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP30 Dec 2023 2:33 p.m. PST

A votre service mes amis…


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