Protostega gigas Fossil Sea Turtle Skull Gallimimus in South America

in South America

These allowed great force to be transmitted to the club which could be a devastating weapon against the bones of attackers

We don’t know but finds like Tinker might help us answer these questions and many more

but also included cephalopods (like belemnites)

as their fossils are common in the Old Red Sandstone formation studied by geologists in the early 19th century

Protostega gigas Fossil Sea Turtle Skull Gallimimus in South AmericaProtostega gigas Fossil Sea Turtle Skull Protostega meaning (first roof) is an extinct genus of marine turtle containing a single species, Protostega gigas. Its fossil remains have been found in the Smoky Hill Chalk formation of western Kansas dated to 83. 5 million years ago. Fossil specimens of this species were first collected in 1871, and named by Edward Drinker Cope in 1872. With a length of 3 meters (9. 8 ft.), it is the second largest sea