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Sinornithosaurus, Edaphosaurus, Pachycostasaurus and Tenontosaurus.

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It’s out! I’ve been working on this with these two great people for a long time now, this is a fantastic reference for feeding ecology and a must-read for any plesiosaur fans out there! https://t.co/NMceMY8iDA

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it's been a while I didn't post art so there is a little one for the

is a shark
is a fish
is an angry plesiosaur

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It’s the “Mother of Paleontology,” Mary Anning’s, birthday! Born in 1799, she hailed from Dorset, England, & grew up collecting fossils. A few of her many accomplishments include unearthing one of the first ichthyosaurs & discovering Dimorphodon & Plesiosaurus!

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May 21, 1799, of Mary Carpenter daughter, she founded a fossil business in Lyme Regis, Dorset, making important discoveries like complete skeletons of Ichthyosaurus & Plesiosaurus
https://t.co/qahNtoOLTQ

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Good evening everyone! Tonight’s marine reptile of the day is Pantosaurus! Pantosaurus was a plesiosaur that lived during the Jurassic period it was found in Wyoming in the United States 🇺🇸. See you explorers tomorrow! 🤠
Credit: Dmitri Bogdanov

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🐴WEEK 18🐴
Kelphus are often found in swamps, where they hunt fish. They do this by standing still with their head in striking position; their body casts a shadow that attracts prey.
[Zorse, Monitor Lizard, Crane, Plesiosaur]

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We have some fossils preserving soft tissue (including a polyctylid) showing plesiosaurs actually had pretty slim necks and that most of the fat was around the tail and front flippers

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And also, here's a cute little OC that came to mind which I really liked! A big Plesiosaur girl named Udon! 🍥

I like this so much I might make more plesiosaurs based on soups and such haha

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This was meant to be a rough concept of Albertonectes dragging away a juvi rex, then I found out the Bearpaw is from the latest Campanian. So it's Albertonectes dragging away a juvi Daspletosaurus.

May return to the concept with a spec, indet. Maastrichtian plesiosaur.

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If you love Animal Crossing, fish, insects, & fossils what are you doing rn?? Go check out page and podcast! I am so glad to have been a part of this and shared about one of my favorite prehistoric creatures, Plesiosaurus! 💙

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We had so much fun learning all about the plesiosaurus with fossil preparator Myria Perez ( ) for this week's episode!! https://t.co/lMxiGkaXCk

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Results from the
Irritator, Microcleidus, Actigavialis and Shonisaurus (not dead just feeding)

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Fat in plesiosaurs was mainly around the flippers and tail, fat necked plesiosaurs pain me

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April 6, 1821, the description of the very first ichthyosaurs and plesiosaurs by William Conybeare published. Both fossils were found by palaeontologist Mary Anning 🪨🔨
https://t.co/qahNtoOLTQ

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