'Weird,' sharp-nosed thalattosaur species identified from Alaska fossil
Tuesday, February 4, 2020 - 22:20
in Paleontology & Archaeology
An iguana-like creature with a needle-sharp snout has been confirmed from a fossilized skeleton as a species of the marine reptile thalattosaur previously unknown to science that roamed the coast of what is now Alaska some 200 million years ago.