A new Science study describes the 244-million-year-old remains of a new and very large species of ichthyosaur that appears to be the first ocean giant. The creature is estimated to have been more than 18 meters long when alive. Learn more: https://t.co/N5EncxZtYt https://t.co/ardN0r2clP
Early giant reveals faster evolution of large body size in ichthyosaurs than in cetaceans.
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The discussions highlight the fascinating evolutionary timeline of ichthyosaurs, with remarks on their rapid growth in size compared to whales, and references to specific features like a 2-meter skull and 18-meter body length. Phrases like 'splendid discovery' and 'transformative potential' convey a sense of excitement and significance, reinforcing the overall positive sentiment toward the research.
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There is a consensus that these findings have significant implications for understanding marine evolution and the development of large body sizes.
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- A new giant ichthyosaur species from the Middle Triassic, with a 2-meter-long skull, shows that these marine reptiles evolved larger body sizes more quickly than modern whales.
- High primary production in modern oceans is thought to enable giant cetaceans, but this doesn't explain the rapid size increase seen in Triassic ichthyosaurs.
- The Fossil Hill Fauna from Nevada had a diverse size range of ichthyosaurs, suggesting that even without many modern primary producers, the Middle Triassic marine ecosystem could support large-bodied species early on.
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Most liked on X and BlueskyA new Science study describes the 244-million-year-old remains of a new and very large species of ichthyosaur that appears to be the first ocean giant. The creature is estimated to have been more than 18 meters long when alive. Learn more: https://t.co/N5EncxZtYt https://t.co/DCj1uWb1CZ
Early giant reveals faster evolution of large body size in ichthyosaurs than in cetaceans https://t.co/w3JuMM5gNM
El cuerpo de este nuevo ictiosaurio habría alcanzado los 17 metros. La investigación se lee acá: https://t.co/WeZe5Pviwh https://t.co/9CFxm4y2nI
2 Meter Schädel-, 17 m Körperlänge: Der 1. Riese der Erde lebte vor rund 250 Mio. Jahren im Urmeer. Fischsaurier wurden in ihrer Evolution rasant zu Giganten. #UniBonn, @uni_mainz, @NHMLA & Claremont Colleges . @ScienceMagazine https://t.co/ktPhZwltmY & https://t.co/zdTskiGvZ2 https://t.co/dKnjrYMrEY
The authors say the 2m skull they of an ichthyosaur Cymbospondylus they found might translate to a length of 18-25 meters. Shastasaurus is ~21 meters. A shastasaurian fragment suggests a length of 26 meters. Thus, ichthyosaurs rapid reached whale sizes https://t.co/LK76o3hKuh
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RT @pantheo27705718: キンボスポンディルス属の新種 Cymbospondylus youngorum として記載されています。最初の魚竜出現から800万年で急速に巨大化したとのこと 論文 https://t.co/N7LI9Mf21X 新種巨大魚竜、頭骨化…
RT @AndrejSpiridon4: There talks that whales achieved giant sizes much later (in the Quaternary) than ichthyosaurs https://t.co/VKsWFTOvDj…
RT @AndrejSpiridon4: There talks that whales achieved giant sizes much later (in the Quaternary) than ichthyosaurs https://t.co/VKsWFTOvDj…
RT @AndrejSpiridon4: There talks that whales achieved giant sizes much later (in the Quaternary) than ichthyosaurs https://t.co/VKsWFTOvDj…
There talks that whales achieved giant sizes much later (in the Quaternary) than ichthyosaurs https://t.co/VKsWFTOvDj . Here we can see that humongous sizes were achieved much earlier (30 Myrs) than though before in a primitive stem group. Congrat on this splendid discovery! https://t.co/xjzlu2wj0B
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@Lipe_HN @Matheus_acm @CancerJack Esses dois sim, mas o estudo que eu comentei fala de um grupo mais basal. Esse sim anterior aos dinossauros e com um tamanho possivelmente mais próximo ao das baleias. Eles inclusive fazem uma comparação sobre como se deu o gigantismo em ambas as espécies https://t.co/5PZqMYnQRu
RT @Rendedeer: And i am not even joking. Considering recent big publications and how big the project was, some Acknowledgements are extreme…
And i am not even joking. Considering recent big publications and how big the project was, some Acknowledgements are extremely poor (i put in one example for such tragedy). - https://t.co/noyGVgzrWH
RT @V2manburu: 最古の魚竜から巨大魚竜キンボスポンディルス等全長5m以上の中大型魚竜の出現までの期間は300万年。 クジラ・イルカより早く適応・巨大化した。 恐竜・化石グッズの専門店「ふぉっしる」 (https://t.co/LK2jWhTfzc) 論文 ①(ht…
RT @V2manburu: 最古の魚竜から巨大魚竜キンボスポンディルス等全長5m以上の中大型魚竜の出現までの期間は300万年。 クジラ・イルカより早く適応・巨大化した。 恐竜・化石グッズの専門店「ふぉっしる」 (https://t.co/LK2jWhTfzc) 論文 ①(ht…
最古の魚竜から巨大魚竜キンボスポンディルス等全長5m以上の中大型魚竜の出現までの期間は300万年。 クジラ・イルカより早く適応・巨大化した。 恐竜・化石グッズの専門店「ふぉっしる」 (https://t.co/LK2jWhTfzc) 論文 ①(https://t.co/3VU4eOhEjm) ②(https://t.co/vbWBvNn0y7) https://t.co/Nla1JspYmN
#MesdelMar Un cráneo de 2 metros de largo, una longitud de 17 metros: el primer gigante de la Tierra vivió en el océano hace unos 250 millones de años. Revisa el estudio en que participó académico de la @UCSCConcepcion @phytools_liam @sciencemagazine
RT @PaleoLabTcu: Lilstock mandible ~26 m https://t.co/ssri2DLjGQ Shastasaurus (Shonisaurus) sikanniensis ~22 m https://t.co/3OVX29zuxz Cy…
RT @PaleoLabTcu: Lilstock mandible ~26 m https://t.co/ssri2DLjGQ Shastasaurus (Shonisaurus) sikanniensis ~22 m https://t.co/3OVX29zuxz Cy…
RT @PaleoLabTcu: Lilstock mandible ~26 m https://t.co/ssri2DLjGQ Shastasaurus (Shonisaurus) sikanniensis ~22 m https://t.co/3OVX29zuxz Cy…
RT @PaleoLabTcu: Lilstock mandible ~26 m https://t.co/ssri2DLjGQ Shastasaurus (Shonisaurus) sikanniensis ~22 m https://t.co/3OVX29zuxz Cy…
Lilstock mandible ~26 m https://t.co/ssri2DLjGQ Shastasaurus (Shonisaurus) sikanniensis ~22 m https://t.co/3OVX29zuxz Cymbospondylus youngorum ~18 m https://t.co/s6hg8ay1Od Idaho humerus ~11 m https://t.co/QSNjaHvait Primorye humerus ~5 m <NEW!! https://t.co/PRJISNynT7
@SavannahSciArt @bookwyrm_jo They really did. They even got bigger faster than assumed, as this paper from December shows: https://t.co/0dQkk9GLt4
origem dos ictiossauros, mostrando que esse grupo extinto de répteis marinhos levou muito menos tempo para atingir seus tamanhos colossais do que as baleias, por exemplo. Link pro artigo da belezura: https://t.co/GyaQIwTJM5
RT @lamethodeFC: [L’étude à découvrir] 12/2021 > Le géant précoce révèle une évolution plus rapide de la grande taille du corps chez les ic…
[L’étude à découvrir] 12/2021 > Le géant précoce révèle une évolution plus rapide de la grande taille du corps chez les ichtyosaures que chez les cétacés https://t.co/p1qNtk9jR5 via @ScienceMagazine #LaMethSci
RT @UniBonn: A skull 2 meters long, a body length of 17 meters: Earth's 1st giant lived in the ancient ocean about 250 million years ago. F…
RT @ScienceMagazine: A new Science study describes the 244-million-year-old remains of a new and very large species of ichthyosaur that app…
RT @ScienceMagazine: A new Science study describes the 244-million-year-old remains of a new and very large species of ichthyosaur that app…
RT @pantheo27705718: キンボスポンディルス属の新種 Cymbospondylus youngorum として記載されています。最初の魚竜出現から800万年で急速に巨大化したとのこと 論文 https://t.co/N7LI9Mf21X 新種巨大魚竜、頭骨化…
RT @ScienceMagazine: A new Science study describes the 244-million-year-old remains of a new and very large species of ichthyosaur that app…
RT @ScienceMagazine: A new Science study describes the 244-million-year-old remains of a new and very large species of ichthyosaur that app…
RT @ScienceMagazine: A new Science study describes the 244-million-year-old remains of a new and very large species of ichthyosaur that app…
RT @ScienceMagazine: A new Science study describes the 244-million-year-old remains of a new and very large species of ichthyosaur that app…
RT @ScienceMagazine: A new Science study describes the 244-million-year-old remains of a new and very large species of ichthyosaur that app…
RT @ScienceMagazine: A new Science study describes the 244-million-year-old remains of a new and very large species of ichthyosaur that app…
RT @ScienceMagazine: A new Science study describes the 244-million-year-old remains of a new and very large species of ichthyosaur that app…
RT @ScienceMagazine: A new Science study describes the 244-million-year-old remains of a new and very large species of ichthyosaur that app…
RT @ScienceMagazine: A new Science study describes the 244-million-year-old remains of a new and very large species of ichthyosaur that app…
RT @ScienceMagazine: A new Science study describes the 244-million-year-old remains of a new and very large species of ichthyosaur that app…
RT @ScienceMagazine: A new Science study describes the 244-million-year-old remains of a new and very large species of ichthyosaur that app…
RT @ScienceMagazine: A new Science study describes the 244-million-year-old remains of a new and very large species of ichthyosaur that app…
RT @ScienceMagazine: A new Science study describes the 244-million-year-old remains of a new and very large species of ichthyosaur that app…
A new Science study describes the 244-million-year-old remains of a new and very large species of ichthyosaur that appears to be the first ocean giant. The creature is estimated to have been more than 18 meters long when alive. Learn more: https://t.co/N5EncxZtYt https://t.co/ardN0r2clP
RT @ikejiri_paleo: 中生代の「魚竜イクチオサウルス類の巨大化」に関する興味深い研究論文が、今週のSCIENCEに登場!その巨大化の進化スピードが、クジラ類のものよりかなり「速かった」のは、どうしてなのだろうか? P. M. Sander, et al. Sci…
RT @ikejiri_paleo: 中生代の「魚竜イクチオサウルス類の巨大化」に関する興味深い研究論文が、今週のSCIENCEに登場!その巨大化の進化スピードが、クジラ類のものよりかなり「速かった」のは、どうしてなのだろうか? P. M. Sander, et al. Sci…
El cuerpo de este nuevo ictiosaurio habría alcanzado los 17 metros. La investigación se lee acá: https://t.co/WeZe5Pviwh https://t.co/9CFxm4y2nI
Early and fast rise of Mesozoic ocean giants https://t.co/V6ccOdQTLl Early giant reveals faster evolution of large body size in ichthyosaurs than in cetaceans https://t.co/Bhr7XMseHK
RT @TomHoltzPaleo: Early giant reveals faster evolution of large body size in ichthyosaurs than in cetaceans https://t.co/w3JuMM5gNM
RT @ScienceMagazine: A new Science study describes the 244-million-year-old remains of a new and very large species of ichthyosaur that app…
RT @ScienceMagazine: A new Science study describes the 244-million-year-old remains of a new and very large species of ichthyosaur that app…
RT @ScienceMagazine: A new Science study describes the 244-million-year-old remains of a new and very large species of ichthyosaur that app…
RT @ScienceMagazine: A new Science study describes the 244-million-year-old remains of a new and very large species of ichthyosaur that app…
RT @ScienceMagazine: A new Science study describes the 244-million-year-old remains of a new and very large species of ichthyosaur that app…
RT @ScienceMagazine: A new Science study describes the 244-million-year-old remains of a new and very large species of ichthyosaur that app…
RT @ScienceMagazine: A new Science study describes the 244-million-year-old remains of a new and very large species of ichthyosaur that app…
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RT @ScienceMagazine: A new Science study describes the 244-million-year-old remains of a new and very large species of ichthyosaur that app…
RT @ScienceMagazine: A new Science study describes the 244-million-year-old remains of a new and very large species of ichthyosaur that app…
RT @ScienceMagazine: A new Science study describes the 244-million-year-old remains of a new and very large species of ichthyosaur that app…
RT @ScienceMagazine: A new Science study describes the 244-million-year-old remains of a new and very large species of ichthyosaur that app…
RT @ScienceMagazine: A new Science study describes the 244-million-year-old remains of a new and very large species of ichthyosaur that app…
RT @ScienceMagazine: A new Science study describes the 244-million-year-old remains of a new and very large species of ichthyosaur that app…
RT @ScienceMagazine: A new Science study describes the 244-million-year-old remains of a new and very large species of ichthyosaur that app…
RT @ScienceMagazine: A new Science study describes the 244-million-year-old remains of a new and very large species of ichthyosaur that app…
RT @ScienceMagazine: A new Science study describes the 244-million-year-old remains of a new and very large species of ichthyosaur that app…
RT @ScienceMagazine: A new Science study describes the 244-million-year-old remains of a new and very large species of ichthyosaur that app…
RT @ScienceMagazine: A new Science study describes the 244-million-year-old remains of a new and very large species of ichthyosaur that app…
RT @ScienceMagazine: A new Science study describes the 244-million-year-old remains of a new and very large species of ichthyosaur that app…
RT @ScienceMagazine: A new Science study describes the 244-million-year-old remains of a new and very large species of ichthyosaur that app…
RT @ScienceMagazine: A new Science study describes the 244-million-year-old remains of a new and very large species of ichthyosaur that app…
RT @ScienceMagazine: A new Science study describes the 244-million-year-old remains of a new and very large species of ichthyosaur that app…
RT @ScienceMagazine: A new Science study describes the 244-million-year-old remains of a new and very large species of ichthyosaur that app…
RT @ScienceMagazine: A new Science study describes the 244-million-year-old remains of a new and very large species of ichthyosaur that app…
RT @ScienceMagazine: A new Science study describes the 244-million-year-old remains of a new and very large species of ichthyosaur that app…
A new Science study describes the 244-million-year-old remains of a new and very large species of ichthyosaur that appears to be the first ocean giant. The creature is estimated to have been more than 18 meters long when alive. Learn more: https://t.co/N5EncxZtYt https://t.co/DCj1uWb1CZ
RT @blog_supplement: The authors say the 2m skull they of an ichthyosaur Cymbospondylus they found might translate to a length of 18-25 met…
ARTÍCULO ORIGINAL (acceso abierto) Early giant reveals faster evolution of large body size in ichthyosaurs than in cetaceans https://t.co/qNk0XHHe0n via @ScienceMagazine
RT @ikejiri_paleo: 中生代の「魚竜イクチオサウルス類の巨大化」に関する興味深い研究論文が、今週のSCIENCEに登場!その巨大化の進化スピードが、クジラ類のものよりかなり「速かった」のは、どうしてなのだろうか? P. M. Sander, et al. Sci…
New CHECKLIST dataset: Early giant reveals faster evolution of large body size in ichthyosaurs than in cetaceans (1 species occurrences) https://t.co/rbw7sdHRW8
RT @blog_supplement: The authors say the 2m skull they of an ichthyosaur Cymbospondylus they found might translate to a length of 18-25 met…
RT @blog_supplement: The authors say the 2m skull they of an ichthyosaur Cymbospondylus they found might translate to a length of 18-25 met…
RT @blog_supplement: The authors say the 2m skull they of an ichthyosaur Cymbospondylus they found might translate to a length of 18-25 met…
RT @VincentReneleau: Les Ichtyosaures auraient atteint des formes géantes, comparable à celle des baleines (17m), en seulement 8Ma après le…
RT @pantheo27705718: キンボスポンディルス属の新種 Cymbospondylus youngorum として記載されています。最初の魚竜出現から800万年で急速に巨大化したとのこと 論文 https://t.co/N7LI9Mf21X 新種巨大魚竜、頭骨化…
RT @blog_supplement: The authors say the 2m skull they of an ichthyosaur Cymbospondylus they found might translate to a length of 18-25 met…
The authors say the 2m skull they of an ichthyosaur Cymbospondylus they found might translate to a length of 18-25 meters. Shastasaurus is ~21 meters. A shastasaurian fragment suggests a length of 26 meters. Thus, ichthyosaurs rapid reached whale sizes https://t.co/LK76o3hKuh
RT @RTB_HRoss: Life History/Design: Paleontologists discover fossils of a 244-million-year-old marine dinosaur that rivals modern whales in…
RT @ikejiri_paleo: 中生代の「魚竜イクチオサウルス類の巨大化」に関する興味深い研究論文が、今週のSCIENCEに登場!その巨大化の進化スピードが、クジラ類のものよりかなり「速かった」のは、どうしてなのだろうか? P. M. Sander, et al. Sci…
RT @pantheo27705718: キンボスポンディルス属の新種 Cymbospondylus youngorum として記載されています。最初の魚竜出現から800万年で急速に巨大化したとのこと 論文 https://t.co/N7LI9Mf21X 新種巨大魚竜、頭骨化…
RT @ikejiri_paleo: 中生代の「魚竜イクチオサウルス類の巨大化」に関する興味深い研究論文が、今週のSCIENCEに登場!その巨大化の進化スピードが、クジラ類のものよりかなり「速かった」のは、どうしてなのだろうか? P. M. Sander, et al. Sci…
RT @ikejiri_paleo: 中生代の「魚竜イクチオサウルス類の巨大化」に関する興味深い研究論文が、今週のSCIENCEに登場!その巨大化の進化スピードが、クジラ類のものよりかなり「速かった」のは、どうしてなのだろうか? P. M. Sander, et al. Sci…
RT @pantheo27705718: キンボスポンディルス属の新種 Cymbospondylus youngorum として記載されています。最初の魚竜出現から800万年で急速に巨大化したとのこと 論文 https://t.co/N7LI9Mf21X 新種巨大魚竜、頭骨化…
55 ft ichthyosaur found in Nevada https://t.co/EchVEe81i1
RT @ikejiri_paleo: 中生代の「魚竜イクチオサウルス類の巨大化」に関する興味深い研究論文が、今週のSCIENCEに登場!その巨大化の進化スピードが、クジラ類のものよりかなり「速かった」のは、どうしてなのだろうか? P. M. Sander, et al. Sci…
RT @ikejiri_paleo: 中生代の「魚竜イクチオサウルス類の巨大化」に関する興味深い研究論文が、今週のSCIENCEに登場!その巨大化の進化スピードが、クジラ類のものよりかなり「速かった」のは、どうしてなのだろうか? P. M. Sander, et al. Sci…
RT @ikejiri_paleo: 中生代の「魚竜イクチオサウルス類の巨大化」に関する興味深い研究論文が、今週のSCIENCEに登場!その巨大化の進化スピードが、クジラ類のものよりかなり「速かった」のは、どうしてなのだろうか? P. M. Sander, et al. Sci…
Life History/Design: Paleontologists discover fossils of a 244-million-year-old marine dinosaur that rivals modern whales in size. https://t.co/dTw79PTygI
RT @ikejiri_paleo: 中生代の「魚竜イクチオサウルス類の巨大化」に関する興味深い研究論文が、今週のSCIENCEに登場!その巨大化の進化スピードが、クジラ類のものよりかなり「速かった」のは、どうしてなのだろうか? P. M. Sander, et al. Sci…
RT @ikejiri_paleo: 中生代の「魚竜イクチオサウルス類の巨大化」に関する興味深い研究論文が、今週のSCIENCEに登場!その巨大化の進化スピードが、クジラ類のものよりかなり「速かった」のは、どうしてなのだろうか? P. M. Sander, et al. Sci…
RT @ikejiri_paleo: 中生代の「魚竜イクチオサウルス類の巨大化」に関する興味深い研究論文が、今週のSCIENCEに登場!その巨大化の進化スピードが、クジラ類のものよりかなり「速かった」のは、どうしてなのだろうか? P. M. Sander, et al. Sci…
RT @ikejiri_paleo: 中生代の「魚竜イクチオサウルス類の巨大化」に関する興味深い研究論文が、今週のSCIENCEに登場!その巨大化の進化スピードが、クジラ類のものよりかなり「速かった」のは、どうしてなのだろうか? P. M. Sander, et al. Sci…
RT @TomHoltzPaleo: Early giant reveals faster evolution of large body size in ichthyosaurs than in cetaceans https://t.co/w3JuMM5gNM
RT @TomHoltzPaleo: Early giant reveals faster evolution of large body size in ichthyosaurs than in cetaceans https://t.co/w3JuMM5gNM
RT @TomHoltzPaleo: Early giant reveals faster evolution of large body size in ichthyosaurs than in cetaceans https://t.co/w3JuMM5gNM
RT @TomHoltzPaleo: Early giant reveals faster evolution of large body size in ichthyosaurs than in cetaceans https://t.co/w3JuMM5gNM
RT @TomHoltzPaleo: Early giant reveals faster evolution of large body size in ichthyosaurs than in cetaceans https://t.co/w3JuMM5gNM
RT @TomHoltzPaleo: Early giant reveals faster evolution of large body size in ichthyosaurs than in cetaceans https://t.co/w3JuMM5gNM
RT @TomHoltzPaleo: Early giant reveals faster evolution of large body size in ichthyosaurs than in cetaceans https://t.co/w3JuMM5gNM
RT @TomHoltzPaleo: Early giant reveals faster evolution of large body size in ichthyosaurs than in cetaceans https://t.co/w3JuMM5gNM
RT @UniBonn: A skull 2 meters long, a body length of 17 meters: Earth's 1st giant lived in the ancient ocean about 250 million years ago. F…
Early giant reveals faster evolution of large body size in ichthyosaurs than in cetaceans https://t.co/sSe0qjeLNi
Thanks so much to @ecomorph for including me in this cool project! "Early giant reveals faster evolution of large body size in ichthyosaurs than in cetaceans." https://t.co/eu6rpQkGHQ
RT @TomHoltzPaleo: Early giant reveals faster evolution of large body size in ichthyosaurs than in cetaceans https://t.co/w3JuMM5gNM
RT @ChrisStringer65: Early giant reveals faster evolution of large body size in ichthyosaurs than in cetaceans https://t.co/LXH0JxktrG
Early giant reveals faster evolution of large body size in ichthyosaurs than in cetaceans https://t.co/hBUXDNTlA3
RT @TomHoltzPaleo: Early giant reveals faster evolution of large body size in ichthyosaurs than in cetaceans https://t.co/w3JuMM5gNM
RT @UniBonn: A skull 2 meters long, a body length of 17 meters: Earth's 1st giant lived in the ancient ocean about 250 million years ago. F…
RT @TomHoltzPaleo: Early giant reveals faster evolution of large body size in ichthyosaurs than in cetaceans https://t.co/w3JuMM5gNM
Early giant reveals faster evolution of large body size in ichthyosaurs than in cetaceans https://t.co/LXH0JxktrG
RT @TomHoltzPaleo: Early giant reveals faster evolution of large body size in ichthyosaurs than in cetaceans https://t.co/w3JuMM5gNM
RT @TomHoltzPaleo: Early giant reveals faster evolution of large body size in ichthyosaurs than in cetaceans https://t.co/w3JuMM5gNM
#ScienceMag Early and fast rise of Mesozoic ocean giants https://t.co/q6sqMxvvz2 Early giant reveals faster evolution of large body size in ichthyosaurs than in cetaceans https://t.co/FlObAPTKXr https://t.co/27mVuj0ciB
RT @TomHoltzPaleo: Early giant reveals faster evolution of large body size in ichthyosaurs than in cetaceans https://t.co/w3JuMM5gNM
RT @TomHoltzPaleo: Early giant reveals faster evolution of large body size in ichthyosaurs than in cetaceans https://t.co/w3JuMM5gNM
Early giant reveals faster evolution of large body size in ichthyosaurs than in cetaceans https://t.co/w3JuMM5gNM
RT @UniBonn: A skull 2 meters long, a body length of 17 meters: Earth's 1st giant lived in the ancient ocean about 250 million years ago. F…
RT @UniBonn: 2 Meter Schädel-, 17 m Körperlänge: Der 1. Riese der Erde lebte vor rund 250 Mio. Jahren im Urmeer. Fischsaurier wurden in ihr…
2 Meter Schädel-, 17 m Körperlänge: Der 1. Riese der Erde lebte vor rund 250 Mio. Jahren im Urmeer. Fischsaurier wurden in ihrer Evolution rasant zu Giganten. #UniBonn, @uni_mainz, @NHMLA & Claremont Colleges . @ScienceMagazine https://t.co/ktPhZwltmY & https://t.co/zdTskiGvZ2 https://t.co/dKnjrYMrEY