Friday 27 October 2023 14:55 WIB
A recent study revealed the results of further research into a new member of the megapredator dynasty that ruled the top of the marine food chain for nearly 80 million years. This is Lorrainosaurus, a giant sea monster that is thought to have lived in the Jurassic period around 201 million to 145 million years ago.
Reporting from the Live Science website, Thursday (26/10/2023) this monster fossil was first discovered by scientists in 1983 in the former Lorraine region (now part of Grand Est) in northeastern France.
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The excavation revealed a fossil characterized by a jaw 4.3 feet (1.3 meters) long and a torpedo-shaped body from a group of pliosaurs called Thalassophonea or “sea killers”.
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In 1994, paleontologist Pascal Godefroit first described it in a short study published in the journal Bulletin des Académie et Société Lorraines des Sciences. He included the species in a genus of pliosaurs called Simolestes, and named it S. keileni.
2023-10-27 07:59:59
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