Size of a Jurassic sea giant found due to fossil …
2023年5月16日 · The findings from the Late Jurassic period, though fragmentary, suggest the pliosaur was about twice the size of a killer whale — and move lead study author David Martill closer to redemption.
Basilosaurus - Wikipedia
Basilosaurus (meaning "king lizard") is a genus of large, predatory, prehistoric archaeocete whale from the late Eocene, approximately 41.3 to 33.9 million years ago (mya). First described in 1834, it was the first archaeocete and prehistoric whale known to science. Fossils attributed to the type species B. cetoides were discovered in the United States. They were originally thought to be of a giant r…
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Jurassic-age giant reptile was twice as big as killer …
2023年5月18日 · This giant reptile of the Jurassic age – the pliosaur – was twice the size of a killer whale. Megan Jacobs, an author of the study, also created this artist’s concept of the pliosaur ...
Ecological succession of a Jurassic shallow-water …
2014年9月10日 · Here, the authors reconstruct the ecological succession of a Late Jurassic shallow-water ichthyosaur fall community and show that it fulfilled ecological roles similar to shallow whale falls...
This gigantic toothy reptile terrorized the Jurassic …
2023年5月16日 · Some of the fearsome reptiles called pliosaurs that swam the Jurassic seas were as big as whales 1. In 1979, workers digging on a farm near Abingdon, UK, found four fossil vertebrae the size of...
Marine Monsters of the Jurassic Seas Were Twice the …
2023年5月11日 · Paleontologists have discovered evidence that pliosaurs could have reached up to 14.4 meters in length, twice the size of a killer whale, after finding four large vertebrae in an Oxfordshire museum. Over 20 years ago, the …
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Giants of the Jurassic seas were twice the size of a killer whale
2023年5月10日 · Giants of the Jurassic seas were twice the size of a killer whale Date: May 10, 2023 Source: University of Portsmouth Summary: There have been heated debates over the …
Twice the Size of a Killer Whale – New Evidence
2023年7月10日 · After conducting topographic scans, Professor Martill and colleagues calculated this Late Jurassic marine reptile could have grown to between 9.8 and 14.4 meters long. He said: “We know these pliosaurs were …
Giants of the Jurassic seas were twice the size of a killer …
2023年5月10日 · After conducting topographic scans, Professor Martill and colleagues calculated this Late Jurassic marine reptile could have grown to between 9.8 and 14.4 meters long.
Jurassic sea giants were twice the size of a killer whale …
2023年5月16日 · The findings from the Late Jurassic period, though fragmentary, suggest the pliosaur was about twice the size of a killer whale — and move lead study author David Martill closer to redemption.
