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Sea reptile is biggest on record

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Subject: Sea reptile is biggest on record
From: Colin McHenry <cmchenry@westserv.net.au>
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:15:54 +1100
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..biggest pliosaur, that is. Latest installment in the ever growing story of mega-pliosaurs, featuring quotes from our own Richard Forrest.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7264856.stm

The photo of the flipper appears to be of a forelimb: that's one big humerus. Anyone have a confirmed number for it's length - I heard it is a metre long? By comparison, the humerus from a c. 10 m Kronosaurus is 650mm long.

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Colin McHenry
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School of Engineering (Mech Eng)
University of Newcastle
NSW 2308

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