‘Weird’, iguana-like thalattosaur fossil found in Alaska
Gunakadeit joseeae lived about 200-million years ago subsisting on a diet of mostly small crustaceans and squid
05 February 2020 - 12:18
Anchorage — An iguana-like creature with a needle-sharp snout has been confirmed from a fossilised skeleton as a species of the marine reptile thalattosaur, previously unknown to science, that roamed the coast of what is now Alaska about 200-million years ago.
Dating from the Triassic period and identified from a lone fossil found in the Tongass National Forest in Alaska, the new creature has been named Gunakadeit joseeae, after a native Tlingit name for a legendary sea monster, according to an article published on Tuesday in the journal Scientific Reports...
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