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sábado, 22 de outubro de 2011

Protosphyraena - Sea Monsters 9







Protosphyraena was a medium-size predatory fish of the Late Cretaceous seas with a long swordlike snout and bladelike teeth positioned to stab fleeing prey. What's more, one of these ancient fish had long, bony pectoral fins with leading edges serrated like saw blades. While the exact purpose of these sawlike fins is a matter of scientific debate, no doubt this fish was armed with lots of potentially offensive weaponry.
Fully grown adult Protosphyraena averaged between six and nine feet (two and three meters) long, an unremarkable stature in oceans ruled by mosasaurs and plesiosaurs that grew more than
35 feet (11 meters) long.
Complete skeletons of Protosphyraena are rare, which may suggests that either scavengers devoured them or the...LINK 

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