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Sulcusuchus

Sulcusuchus was a small polycotylid plesiosaur which lived off the coast of Argentina during the late Cretaceous Period around 70 million years ago. The fossils of this animal (collection ID code: MLP 88-IV-10-1) were first discovered 25 km north of… Read More ›

Megalneusaurus

In the prehistoric past, the center of North America has been underwater on several occasions. Perhaps the most well-known of these instances was during the late Cretaceous Period when North America was cut in half by the Western Interior Seaway… Read More ›

Eternauta

Eternauta patagonica was an ichthyosaur which lived around Argentina during the late Jurassic Period 152-145 million years ago. Fossils of this Jurassic marine reptile, consisting of a well-preserved skull measuring nearly four feet long, a flipper, and fragments of ribs,… Read More ›

Catutosaurus

Catutosaurus, meaning “the lizard from Los Catutos”, was a small ichthyosaur which lived around Argentina during the late Jurassic Period 152-145 million years ago. Fossils of this animal were found in the Vaca Muerta (“Dead Cow”) Formation, and the exact… Read More ›

Stenopterygius

Stenopterygius, meaning “narrow fin”, was a genus of ichthyosaur which lived around Europe during the early to middle Jurassic Period 184-175 million years ago. Multiple fossils of this marine reptile including whole skeletons have been found in England, France, Luxembourg,… Read More ›

Rhamphorhynchus

Rhamphorhynchus, meaning “prow beak”, is one of those iconic creatures which appears in practically every children’s book about prehistoric life. It was a pterosaur with a 6 foot wingspan which lived in Europe during the late Jurassic Period 150-145 million… Read More ›

Tropeognathus

Tropeognathus, meaning “keel jaw”, was a large pterosaur which lived in Brazil during the middle of the Cretaceous Period 112 million years ago. Tropeognathus was a member of a group of pterosaurs called the anhanguerids, named after the genus Anhanguera…. Read More ›