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To: ETL

Incredible find. I luved the Mosasaur featured in “Jurassic World” but was disappointed there was no dolphin like show featuring Ichtyosaurs.


11 posted on 12/06/2018 12:13:33 PM PST by C19fan
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Mosasaur

Mosasaurs are an extinct group of large marine reptiles containing 38 genera in total.

Their first fossil remains were discovered in a limestone quarry at Maastricht on the Meuse in 1764.

Mosasaurs probably evolved from an extinct group of aquatic lizards[1] known as aigialosaurs in the Early Cretaceous.

During the last 20 million years of the Cretaceous period (Turonian-Maastrichtian ages), with the extinction of the ichthyosaurs and pliosaurs, mosasaurs became the dominant marine predators.

They became extinct as a result of the K-Pg event at the end of the Cretaceous period, about 66 million years ago.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosasaur

15 posted on 12/06/2018 12:24:03 PM PST by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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19 posted on 12/06/2018 12:26:23 PM PST by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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