Re: Prehistoric Plankton Predators & Other Behemoths

[Piotr Gasiorowski <piotr.gasiorowski@inetia.pl>]

It's _Leedsichthys_, actually, if I may correct the typo -- _L. problematicus_, 
from the Middle Jurassic of England. According to some recent estimates it was 
ca. 25 m long, which would make it easily the bigest known fish of all time:

http://www.nerc.ac.uk/publications/documents/Abigfish.pdf


Talking of marine monsters, does anyone know if the recently discovered 
23-metre-long Carnian ichthyosaur from Canada has been officially named?

Piotr Gasiorowski



----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Aegyptiacus@aol.com>
To: <dino_rampage@hotmail.com>; <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2002 6:26 PM
Subject: Re: Prehistoric Plankton Predators (PPP for short)


> Look for *Leedsichtys* in google or yahoo. There's plenty about it
> Cheers
> Jean-Michel
>