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Newly described species of Cymbospondylus has a 2m long skull!

Started by Faelrin, December 24, 2021, 06:56:09 PM

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Faelrin

I guess the skull has been known about from some time, but it has finally been published as a new species: C. youngorum 
 
The current estimate is pushing it to around at or over 17m or 55 feet. Truly incredible! 
 
Paper appears to be paywalled, but there's still a bit to be gleaned from it: 
 
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abf5787 
 
This article may be of help and has an image of the skull: 
 
https://nhm.org/press/earths-first-giant
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Amazing! What a spectacular beast! The Triassic marine reptile radiation is truly astonishing; so many clades, so much morphospace filled. The much more famous marine reptiles of the Jurassic and Cretaceous are fine, in their own way, but they can't hold a candle to their Triassic forerunners in terms of diversity and pure weirdness.

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Quote from: Newt on December 25, 2021, 02:32:45 AM
Amazing! What a spectacular beast! The Triassic marine reptile radiation is truly astonishing; so many clades, so much morphospace filled. The much more famous marine reptiles of the Jurassic and Cretaceous are fine, in their own way, but they can't hold a candle to their Triassic forerunners in terms of diversity and pure weirdness.

Couldn't agree more. There was so much experimentation going on; I guess they aren't more famous just because most of them couldn't level a house. But from the standpoint of morphological evolution, the Triassic is unparalleled.
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Whoa!  :o  Certainly makes one wonder what it was feeding on, smaller prey or even bigger game...

Hopefully this will inspire CollectA or someone to make one.  :))

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This is wonderful!  Cymbospondylus is my favourite ichthyosaur genus and this new species is one more reason for me to like it!


Quote from: Newt on December 25, 2021, 02:32:45 AM
Amazing! What a spectacular beast! The Triassic marine reptile radiation is truly astonishing; so many clades, so much morphospace filled. The much more famous marine reptiles of the Jurassic and Cretaceous are fine, in their own way, but they can't hold a candle to their Triassic forerunners in terms of diversity and pure weirdness.

I think some Cretaceous plesiosaurs are as weird as Triassic species, such as the deep-sea dwelling Abyssosaurus, the filter-feeding Morturneria, and even the very long-necked elasmosaurids like Styxosaurus.

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Quote from: Halichoeres on December 30, 2021, 10:38:12 PM
Quote from: Newt on December 25, 2021, 02:32:45 AM
Amazing! What a spectacular beast! The Triassic marine reptile radiation is truly astonishing; so many clades, so much morphospace filled. The much more famous marine reptiles of the Jurassic and Cretaceous are fine, in their own way, but they can't hold a candle to their Triassic forerunners in terms of diversity and pure weirdness.

Couldn't agree more. There was so much experimentation going on; I guess they aren't more famous just because most of them couldn't level a house. But from the standpoint of morphological evolution, the Triassic is unparalleled.
Not very surprising. Many new forms develop after mass extinctions, attempting to fill old niches and eak out new ones, and the Triassic came after the largest mass extinction ever documented on earth.
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Quote from: Halichoeres on December 30, 2021, 10:38:12 PM
Quote from: Newt on December 25, 2021, 02:32:45 AM
Amazing! What a spectacular beast! The Triassic marine reptile radiation is truly astonishing; so many clades, so much morphospace filled. The much more famous marine reptiles of the Jurassic and Cretaceous are fine, in their own way, but they can't hold a candle to their Triassic forerunners in terms of diversity and pure weirdness.

Couldn't agree more. There was so much experimentation going on; I guess they aren't more famous just because most of them couldn't level a house. But from the standpoint of morphological evolution, the Triassic is unparalleled.

Triassic as a whole was a truly 'sandbox' moment. Land, sea, and air, life got creative with the niche-occupying. I like that we're starting to get more Triassic figures over the last several years as more Triassic fauna gets unearthed too.
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