Large bodies helped extinct marine reptiles with long necks swim, study finds

Large bodies helped extinct marine reptiles with long necks swim, study finds

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Ancient, long-necked sea monsters must have evolved large bodies to rule Earth’s oceans around 200 million years ago, according to a new study. The large bodies helped the extinct creatures swim at high speeds even though they had bizarre appendages that might otherwise have increased drag and slowed them down. Bigger bodies meant more muscle…

This strange aquatic arthropod had no eyes and used “stilts” to get around

This strange aquatic arthropod had no eyes and used “stilts” to get around

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Paleontologists recently announced the discovery of an “exceptionally well-preserved” ancient animal near the eastern shore of Lake Simcoe in southern Ontario, Canada, in a rock quarry that is such a hotbed of marine fossils. which scientists have dubbed the area “Paleo Pompeii”. Appointed Tomlinsonus dimitriThe species represented by the specimen is part of an extinct…