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Hawke's Bay fossils found after cyclone: 'It's like a giant has walked down the stream-bed' (www.rnz.co.nz)

submitted 1 year ago by RaoulDuke to c/newzealand

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The bones belonged to Elasmosaurs:

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[–] sortofblue 4 points 1 year ago

Usually photos of fossils just look like rocks to me but that is definitely recognisable. Imagine being the first human to ever slap eyes on it and know what it is.