Paleontologist caught lying down on the job (Page 1/1)
rinselberg DEC 25, 10:24 AM




OMG! See what I just did? I can't believe it. Did you see it coming? I think I might need some oxygen. I check-boxed this as Computers/Internet because I saw it on the Internet. Can't argue with that, eh?

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Patrick DEC 25, 07:25 PM

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Originally posted by rinselberg:

This Sea Lizard Had a Grand Piano-Size Head and a Big Appetite

Sabrina Imbler for the New York TImes; December 23, 2021.



Unfortunately, access to New York Times articles requires an account (albeit free).
maryjane DEC 25, 08:10 PM


Valkrie9 DEC 26, 02:44 AM
Temnodontosaurus
Big ones eat the little ones.
rinselberg DEC 26, 03:07 PM

Looks like it's a "thing." Like planking, except face up, instead of face down. Y'all remember planking?

"Earth's First Giant"

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The two-meter skull of a humongous new ichthyosaur species, Earth’s first known giant creature, reveals how both the extinct marine reptiles and modern whales became giants


Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County; December 23, 2021.
https://nhm.org/press/earths-first-giant

Sizable report, with some eye-catching images.
cvxjet DEC 26, 06:03 PM
For anyone who would like to take a trip into Nevada, they have a park, Berlin Ichthyosaur State Park, in the middle of absolute nowhere....I have always wanted to go there.

By the way, what test line would you need to go fishin' for one these?