Excavation yields tantalizing hints of earliest marine reptiles
In: Science (Washington). American Association for the Advancement of Science: New York, N.Y. ISSN 0036-8075; e-ISSN 1095-9203, more
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The origins of marine reptiles are an enigma. Answers may be entombed at Majiashan quarry, north of Chaohu City in central China's Anhui Province, in a 150-meter-thick outcropping dappled with shades of gray that spans 6 million years of geologic history. In September, paleontologists launched the first systematic excavation at Majiashan. The dig's first fruits—including an ancestor of the plesiosaurs—are already generating a buzz. |
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