Mysterious sea monster plant fossil baffles scientists
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 - 16:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
A mysterious fossil that has evoked images of a sea monster roaming the shallow waters of prehistoric Cincinnati may not be the remains of such a complex life form, but even so scientists are stumped as to what kind of creature (or sea plant) it was.
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