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Skeleton of Earth's Largest Predator

Posted by michael on from the not-cowboyneal dept.

angkor writes "A COMPLETE skeleton of the largest predator of all time, a Jurassic sea monster that made tyrannosaurus rex look like a featherweight, has been discovered in Mexico. /. needs more dinosaur articles..."

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  1. Earth is mostly ocean by josephgrossberg · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Is it just me, or does everyone else wonder what kind of awesome fossils lie on the ocean floor, given that:

    (1) most of the earth's surface is covered by ocean, and that's likely been the case for quite some time
    and
    (2) the largest contemporary vertebrates (whales) live in the water, where gravity is less of a factor

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  2. Not technically a dinosaur... by Paul+Burney · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The Editor said:

    /. needs more dinosaur articles...

    The skeleton they found isn't technically a dinosaur. My background is Physics, not Biology, but it has something to do with which Order or Class these creatures fit into.

    I only found this out when my daughter was studying dinosaurs in school. I told her that there were dinosaurs that lived in the oceans and she told me they weren't really dinosaurs! I google'd it and sure enough, she was right. Doh!

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