Jurassic Croc Found With Fish Like Tail

["Richard W. Travsky" <rtravsky@uwyo.edu>]

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/03/070319112538.htm

An ancient sea-going crocodile has surfaced from the rocks of Crook County 
in eastern Oregon. Really.

It's discovery by the North American Research Group (NARG), whose members 
were digging for Jurassic-age mollusks known as ammonites, is another 
confirmation that the Blue Mountains consist of rocks that traveled from 
somewhere in the Far East, says retired University of Oregon geologist 
William Orr, who was called in to examine the find for the state.

The remains - about 50 percent of a 6- to 8-foot reptile, including long, 
needlepoint teeth - were found imbedded in Jurassic rock on private 
property in the Snowshoe Formation of the Izee Terrane south of Dayville, 
Ore.
...
"This taxon was a crocodile-like creature but had a fish tail," said Orr, 
a NARG adviser and director of the Thomas Condon State Museum of Fossils 
at the University of Oregon.
...
The remains of the crocodile, believed to be from the species 
Thalattosuchia and member of the Metriorhynchids group, now belong to the 
state, Orr said.
...