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To: MineralMan

We're both looking for the blowhole.


57 posted on 08/28/2006 10:41:26 AM PDT by Publius
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To: Publius

"We're both looking for the blowhole."

Looks like the skin was pushed off the top of the mandible, up onto the head. I think I can see eye sockets in one photo, about 2/3 of the way back.

This is an obvious air-breather, but the lack of nostrils would seem to indicate a blow hole of some kind. Gosh I wish I could go there and have a look at this thing in person.

With luck, it won't just disappear into some warehouse somewhere without being thoroughly examined. It does not have the look of a fake.


70 posted on 08/28/2006 10:45:28 AM PDT by MineralMan (Non-evangelical Atheist)
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To: Publius

How about those ventral ridges on the spine, clear to the end of the tail. That's typical of mososaurs and other similar fossils. It's very atypical of any modern animals I'm aware of.


75 posted on 08/28/2006 10:47:23 AM PDT by MineralMan (Non-evangelical Atheist)
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