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| Subject: | | The real Metashastasaurus |
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Ozraptor4
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Tue, May 24 2005, 6:24am
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Finally got a hold of the Metashastasaurus paper (the *real* Metashastasaurus paper) - boy is this thing *not* the giant Sikanni ichthyosaur (Shonisaurus) - the biggest specimen (the complete and articulated TMP 94.382.2) is an awe-inspiring 3 metres in length.
Oddly enough though, a phylogenetic analysis in the paper keys Meta and Shoni as sister-taxa within the Shastasauridae. Sorta like Meta is to Shoni what Kogia is to Physeter.
A new genus of ichthyosaur from the Late Triassic Pardonet Formation of Britiish Columbia - Elizabeth L Nicholls & Makoto Manabe, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences; Jun 2001; 38, 6; Academic Research Library pg. 983-1083
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