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Fossil 'Suggests Plesiosaurs Did Not Lay Eggs'

thebchuckster writes "Scientists say they have found the first evidence that giant sea reptiles — which lived at the same time as dinosaurs — gave birth to live young rather than laying eggs. They say a 78 million-year-old fossil of a pregnant plesiosaur suggests they gave birth to single, large young."

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  1. Re:Plesiosaurs are not dinosaurs by dryeo · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I was recently reading somewhere that crocodiles (and other Crocodilia) were at one time warm blooded. The evidence being that they have a 4 chamber heart like most warm blooded animals. It was theorized that they reverted to being cold blooded at some point in their evolution.
    Interestingly crocodilia also have a neo-cortex and diaphragm unlike all other extent reptiles.
    As usual Wikipedia has a bit about it, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crocodilia#Internal_organs

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