Re: Juvenile Antarctican Plesiosaur

[Patti Kane-Vanni <pkv1@erols.com>]

Another related link from a local TV station with a more prosaic touch : 
"Loch Ness-Like Bones Found in Antarctic": 
http://www.nbc10.com:80/news/10512448/detail.html?treets=phi&tid=2654061083813&tml=phi_7am&tmi=phi_7am_1_06000212122006&ts=H
- Patti

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-- Dan Varner:
More on the collection of a  juvenile plesiosaur discovered by my pal, 
Foster
Sawyer of the South Dakota  Geological Survey. It was an exhausting
excavation under some brutal weather  conditions.  DV

http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=108195&org=NSF&from=news

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/breaking_news/16215340.htm
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Patti Kane-Vanni" <pkv1@erols.com>
To: <dinosaur@usc.edu>; "SVP Listserve" <vrtpaleo@usc.edu>
Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2006 9:13 AM
Subject: Juvenile Antarctican Plesiosaur


> Dec. 8, 2006 - Millions of years ago, a young plesiosaur died and sunk to 
> the bottom of what is now the Southern Ocean. Recently, paleontologists 
> found the well-preserved skeleton of this unfortunate juvenile in 
> Antarctica, according to researchers who have been preparing the specimen 
> for public exhibit.
> http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2006/12/08/plesiosaur_din.html?category=dinosaurs
>
>
> Patti Kane-Vanni
> pkv1@erols.com or paleopatti@hotmail.com 
> http://groups.msn.com/DinosaurandFossilDigs
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