Discovered reptilian skull 70 million years
A perfect skull and lower jaw of a 70-million-year-old marine reptile has just been discovered by a pastor in the state of Montana. This is the skull of a long neck snake lizard (plesiosaur), one of the rarest species in the North American reptile category.
Earlier, in Montana State, it was found that the heads of short-necked snake lizards. According to the University of Montana scientists, both of these reptiles lived at the same time as dinosaurs.
The initial study showed that the skull was as long as 40cm, possibly the neck of this reptile could be 10 times the length of the skull with about 70 neck vertebrae. However, science has yet to explain what living conditions make this reptile have such an extraordinary neck.
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