#aquaticreptile — Public Fediverse posts
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Dinocephalosaurus was Fully Marine #Reptile and Even Gave Birth at Sea https://www.sci.news/paleontology/dinocephalosaurus-orientalis-12716.html
Dinocephalosaurus orientalis: a remarkable marine #archosauromorph from the Middle #Triassic of southwestern China https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/earth-and-environmental-science-transactions-of-royal-society-of-edinburgh/article/dinocephalosaurus-orientalis-li-2003-a-remarkable-marine-archosauromorph-from-the-middle-triassic-of-southwestern-china/C7D48539139475EFCAAC35342089ACB8
"#Dinocephalosaurus orientalis lived during the Triassic period, around 240 million years old. This #AquaticReptile was up to 6 m in length and had an extraordinarily long neck with 32 separate vertebrae. The #animal was very similar to #Tanystropheus"