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quarta-feira, 19 de outubro de 2011

Styxosaurus - Sea Monsters 8







Styxosaurus was an elasmosaur, a long-necked variety of the marine reptiles called plesiosaurs. These sea monsters grew upwards of 40 feet (12 meters) long. About half that length was neck, a feature that allowed Styxosaurus to sneak up on
schools of fish as it slowly cruised the shallow waters of the Late Cretaceous seas.
The long, pointed teeth of Styxosaurus were useful for seizing and holding prey, but they couldn't cut or chew. Instead, the elasmosaur swallowed fish whole. Predators likely included some of the fiercest monsters of the seas, such as the... LINK

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