Prehistoric Lizard Called Historic Link

AP ^ | 11/17/2005 | Matt Curry

[MeanWestTexan]

Ocean in Dallas

Transitional Fossil

Ah, the issues.

[MeanWestTexan]

Ping

[Revolting cat!]

Say that again? Is he prehistoric or historic? Or perhaps herstoric? Enough to drive one hysteric!

[Dustbunny]

evolved into what some call the "T. Rex of the ocean

Wonder what evidence made them come to this conclusion (theory).

[Scythian]

I wonder if the next mission into space will find it the jovian oceans along with the vast array of other life forms </sarcasm>

[trisham]

"I call him Todd," said Ross McMillan, the ponytailed sculptor who worked with Polcyn for months to painstakingly construct the lifelike piece. "When you look at his face, doesn't he look like a Todd?"

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Oy.

[MeanWestTexan]

Big, big, teeth of the later editions.

There is the skeleton one on display in the Harvard museam of natural history --- you can all but walk in its mouth.

[Red Badger]

Naw, just another lizard.......

[MeanWestTexan]

Historic find of a pre-historic creature.

Technically correct usage.

[Red Badger]

[bkepley]

I guess he didn't get the notice that dinosaurs were birds not lizards.

[MeanWestTexan]

I understand that this was a lizard, not a dinosaur.

[orionblamblam]

I guess you didn't get the notice that mosasaurs were lizards, not dinosaurs.

[bkepley]

I guess you didn't get the notice that mosasaurs were lizards, not dinosaurs.

My mistake. I guess it's a link between lizards and lizards.

[MeanWestTexan]

Well, smallish swampish-based lizards with feet and really, really, big ocean-going lizards with flippers.

[bkepley]

Well, smallish swampish-based lizards with feet and really, really, big ocean-going lizards with flippers.

Does he know that there are catfish that walk down in Florida?

[MeanWestTexan]

So?

[bkepley]

My point exactly.

[MeanWestTexan]

Then I don't get your point, as there are many examples of amphibious creatures or near-amphibious creatures, none of which has any bearing on this situation at all, any more than an airplane, a bat, and a bird have bearing on one another.