Joel Kontinen
Evolutionists have revealed their latest find. It is an ocean lizard. And once again they have come up with
millions of years.
Known as thalattosaurs ("ocean lizard"), these reptiles measured up to 5 metres (16 feet) in length, and were around for about 40 million years during the latter part of the Triassic period ( 251 million to 199 million years ago). They are known from a scant collection of fossils, but the find in Alaska provided researchers with the most complete thalattosaur skeleton unearthed in North America.
The newfound species has a snout that dramatically narrows to a sharp point, giving it the appearance of a tweezer. It represents one of the youngest thalattosaur species in the world, appearing just before the group went extinct around 200 million years ago, scientists reported in a new study.
the researchers identified the find as a thalattosaur that would have measured 75 to 90 centimetres (to 30 to to 35 inches long when it was alive. Its scientific name — Gunakadeit joseeae) comes from the name of a sea monster of the Tlingit culture, and the name of Primaky's mother, Joseé Michelle DeWaelheyns, according to the study.
Source.
Weisberger, Mindy, 2020. Fearsome Triassic 'ocean lizard' was a tweezer-nosed weirdo. Live Science 5 February.
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