Tuesday, March 24, 2009

From Arctic Soil, Fossils of a Goliath That Ruled the Jurassic Seas

http://query.nytimes.com/search/sitesearch?query=fossils+from+arctic+soil&x=0&y=0&type=nyt

By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD
Published: March 16, 2009

There were monstrous reptiles in the deep, back in the time of dinosaurs.They swam with mighty flippers, two fore and two hind, all four accelerating on attack. In their elongated heads were bone-crushing jaws more powerful than a Tyrannosaurus rex’s. They were the pliosaurs, heavyweight predators at the top of the food chain in ancient seas.

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