The identity of a prehistoric marine reptile has finally been revealed after experts discovered that some of its remains actually belonged to fish.
The identity of a local prehistoric marine reptile has finally been revealed after experts discovered that some of its remains actually belonged to fish.
Jacob Quinn, who is studying for his Masters in Palaeobiology at Bristol's School of Earth Sciences, travelled with the two specimens to Southampton where they were CT scanned, producing stacks of X-rays through the blocks that allowed him to reconstruct a complete 3D model of everything buried in the blocks.
Evangelos R. Matheau-Raven of Peterborough discovered Annie while on holiday in Somerset in 2018, and he then painstakingly pieced it back together and cleaned it to expose the bones in his spare time. He said:"I spotted parts of a fallen rock on the beach about 10m from the base of the cliff. I was thrilled as their exposed surfaces showed some fossil bones.
The relationships and paleoecology of Pachystropheus rhaeticus , an enigmatic latest Triassic marine reptile Citation for this article:Quinn, J. G., Matheau-Raven, E. R., Whiteside, D. I., Marshall, J. E. A.We now know more about the diet of a prehistoric creature that grew up to two and a half meters long and lived in Australian waters during the time of the dinosaurs, thanks to the power of x-rays. ...
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