Lone Hunter Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 Fossils of 30-foot prehistoric marine lizard unearthed by Perot paleontologists. Called mosasaurs, the lizards were ‘great white sharks’ of the dinosaur era (From left) Mariah Slovacek, the Paleo Lab collections manager at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science, Ron Tykoski, the Perot Museum’s director of paleontology and curator of vertebrate paleontology, and Dori Contreras, a curator of paleobotany at the Perot Museum, excavates part of a mosasaur’s skull, lower jawbones and several vertebrae from its spine found in a creek bed on Friday, July 15, 2022, near the North Sulphur River in Fannin County, TX. The mosasaur was a 30-foot marine lizard that ruled the seas around 80 million years ago. 5 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPS Ammonite Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 (edited) Here are articles by the Dallas Morning News: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7WR7jbk9Iy4 https://www.dallasnews.com/photos/2022/08/02/mosasaur-fossils-unearthed-in-fannin-county-texas/?outputType=amp https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2022/08/02/fossils-of-30-foot-prehistoric-marine-lizard-unearthed-by-perot-paleontologists/?outputType=amp Another rewritten source: https://www.lmtonline.com/news/houston-texas/article/Paleontologists-discover-fossils-of-30-foot-17345444.php Edited August 3, 2022 by DPS Ammonite 3 1 1 My goal is to leave no stone or fossil unturned. See my Arizona Paleontology Guide link The best single resource for Arizona paleontology anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Hunter Posted August 3, 2022 Author Share Posted August 3, 2022 Thank you! I couldn't get the link to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creek - Don Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 (edited) Nice job digging that out. I work 1/2 mile from Perot museum in downtown Dallas so I get to go there all the time. Edited August 3, 2022 by Creek - Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Hunter Posted August 3, 2022 Author Share Posted August 3, 2022 Love the Perot it's awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creek - Don Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 More local news coverage. https://www.fox4news.com/news/30-foot-prehistoric-marine-lizard-unearthed-in-north-texas 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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