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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)
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The bones belonged to Elasmosaurs:

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[–] gibs 4 points 2 years ago

Those fossils are absolutely incredible! Mind blowing that these have just been sitting there for 80 million years.