Jurassic sea monsters. (pattern of extinction was opposite that of land predators)

From: Discover | Date: September 1, 1993| Author: | Copyright information

EXTINCTION COMES TO SPECIES ON LAND AND IN THE SEA BUT NOT IN THE SAME WAY

AS THE TALES OF SOME REMARKABLE CREATURES FROM MANY MILLIONS OF YEARS AGO SHOW, WHO GOES FIRST IS A MATTER OF ECOLOGY

One hundred sixty million years ago, an elegant sea monster lay down on its right side and died on the warm, muddy ocean bottom near the present-day town of Lookout, Wyoming. As the creature's 14-foot-long body was convulsed by one last set of involuntary muscle contractions, its powerful sharklike tail twitched and stirred the bottom mud. A faint trail of bubbles escaped from the ...

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