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New Cretaceous marine reptile, named after wine

Started by Halichoeres, June 27, 2018, 01:09:24 PM

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June 27, 2018, 01:09:24 PM Last Edit: July 17, 2019, 11:22:29 PM by Halichoeres
A new dolichosaur (smaller relatives of mosasaurs) from the Cretaceous of southern Italy is named after a wine grown in the region. The wine is called Primitivo di Manduria, so they called this lizard Primitivus manduriensis. The preservation is pretty spectacular:



And a reconstruction:


Paper (open access): https://royalsocietypublishing.org/lookup/doi/10.1098/rsos.172411
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