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  • The trove of unearthed fossils in a 50-foot thick slab of limestone took three years to excavate, and revealed now-extinct marine life as large as a thalattosaur of about 10 feet in length, according to the University of Bristol in the UK.

    PHOTOS: Huge Discovery Of 20,000 Fossils Sheds Light On Life After Mass Extinction The Huffington Post 2010

  • I'm sure we would have found a way to overfish the thalattosaur had it survived the volcanic explosions.

    Lunch Room Chatter: Crankshaft cuisine, anyone? Tim Carman 2010

  • Other thalattosaur discoveries have been made in British Columbia, Canada, as well as in Nevada and the Alps, though the best finds have been made in China, he said.

    Reuters: Press Release 2011

  • Unlike most thalattosaur discoveries, which are fossilized remnants of individual bones and bone fragments, this specimen appeared to be a nearly full skeleton.

    Reuters: Press Release 2011

  • Unlike most thalattosaur discoveries, which are fossilized remnants of individual bones and bone fragments, this specimen appeared to be a nearly full skeleton.

    Reuters: Press Release 2011

  • Other thalattosaur discoveries have been made in British Columbia, Canada, as well as in Nevada and the Alps, though the best finds have been made in China, he said.

    Reuters: Press Release 2011

  • The nearly complete fossilized skeleton is of a thalattosaur, a long-tailed sea creature that plied warm, shallow waters in the early days of dinosaurs and became extinct at the end of the Triassic period some 200 million years ago.

    Reuters: Press Release 2011

  • The nearly complete fossilized skeleton is of a thalattosaur, a long-tailed sea creature that plied warm, shallow waters in the early days of dinosaurs and became extinct at the end of the Triassic period some 200 million years ago.

    Reuters: Press Release 2011

  • There are only about a dozen full thalattosaur specimens in the world, Baichtal said.

    Reuters: Press Release 2011

  • There are only about a dozen full thalattosaur specimens in the world, Baichtal said.

    Reuters: Press Release 2011

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