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240-Million-Year-Old “Virtually Complete” Lariosaurus Gives Unprecedented Insight Into How These Sea Monsters Swam

240-Million-Year-Old “Virtually Complete” Lariosaurus Gives Unprecedented Insight Into How These Sea Monsters Swam

It’s not always easy inferring behavior from the fossil record because most often all the squishy bits are gone and we’re left to fill in the gaps from the odd bony bits n’ bobs. Sometimes, however, ancient creatures make palaeontologists’ lives a bit easier by remaining virtually complete for say, oh I don’t know, 240 million years? A round of …

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