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Re: Australia Returns Fossils to China

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Subject: Re: Australia Returns Fossils to China
From: "T. Michael Keesey" <keesey@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 12:46:39 -0700
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Reply-to: "T. Michael Keesey" <keesey@gmail.com>
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On 9/30/05, Allan Edels <edels@msn.com> wrote:
> It looks a little like _Mesosaurus_ (which is Permian, I believe).

_Mesosaurus_ has a long snout (lined with needle-like teeth), not a
long neck. Looks more like _Hyphalosaurus_/_Sinohydrosaurus_ (I always
forget which name is more correct), abundant in the Yixian Formation
(Lower Cretaceous).

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Mike Keesey
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References:
- Australia Returns Fossils to China
  - From: Tim Williams <twilliams_alpha@hotmail.com>
- RE: Australia Returns Fossils to China
  - From: Allan Edels <edels@msn.com>

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