Mesosaurus braziliensis, framed Spinosaurus Taung Child Skull reconstruction

Taung Child Skull reconstruction

The most abundant marine organisms in the Mazon Creek biota are jellyfish

The original fossil is currently being prepared further to separate the individual skull elements

had an oval outline

it is not considered a true member of the group in the narrow sense

Mesosaurus braziliensis, framed Spinosaurus Taung Child Skull reconstructionBeautiful plaque preserving a unique water dwelling early reptile form. Known from only South America and Africa, this distribution of Mesosaurus supports the understanding that these great continents were once joined together; Mesosaurus could easily swim rivers from one continent to another but salty oceans would have thwarted the freshwater creature from crossing an existing ocean. Mesosaurus sp. Early Permian (280 m. y. a.) Irati Formation Sao