THE SKULL AND NECK OF A PLESIOSAUR

MOROCCO

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THE SKULL AND NECK OF A PLESIOSAUR
MOROCCO
From the late Cretaceous (circa 90 million years ago), the 54-inch long specimen of Thililua longicollis mounted with two curves on a custom wooden stand.
21in.(53cm.) high

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One of the top oceanic predators from the age of the dinosaurs, since their discovery in the 18th and 19th centuries Plesiosaurs have played a prominent role in shaping our understanding and imagination of their age. In 1864 Jules Vernes vividly described a fight between one and an Ichthyosaur in his Journey to the Centre of the Earth; more recently cryptozoloogists have (dubiously!)championed plesiosaurs as an explantation of the Loch Ness monster.

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