People care a fair bit about what they've seen before, it's rare for Eurhinosaurus to be on that list.So people care more about eye-size than about awesome marlin-like sword-noses...
Attenborosaurus is a plesiosaur and no pliosaur.We have two plesiosaurs (Plesiosaurus and Elasmosaurus), two pliosaurs (Attenborosaurus and Liopleurodon), and two mosasaurs (Mosasaurus and Tylosaurus(?)). Following this pattern, do you think it's likely we'll get a second ichthyosaur to round out the aquatic reptiles? And which one would you like to see? Personally I'm down for this big lad to appear.
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"Attenborosaurus is an extinct genus of pliosaurid from the Early Jurassic of Dorset, England. The type species is A. conybeari. The genus is named after David Attenborough,[1] the species after William Conybeare.[2]"Attenborosaurus is a plesiosaur and no pliosaur.
Minor correction, but Pliosaurids are members of the Plesiosauran clade. Ergo, we have 4 plesiosaurs with 2 of them being pliosaurids.We have two plesiosaurs (Plesiosaurus and Elasmosaurus), two pliosaurs (Attenborosaurus and Liopleurodon)
Attenborosaurus is an unusual plesiosaur because it combines a long neck with a relatively large head. It is classified as a pliosaur in some classifications, but some phylogenies place it in a more basal position. The genus was introduced for ‘Plesiosaurus’ conybeari, a species originally described by Sollas (1881). Bob Bakker coined the new genus name to honour the esteemed wildlife documentarian David Attenborough."Attenborosaurus is an extinct genus of pliosaurid from the Early Jurassic of Dorset, England. The type species is A. conybeari. The genus is named after David Attenborough,[1] the species after William Conybeare.[2]"
I´d vote for the Temnodontosaurus for this 3 reasonsWe have two plesiosaurs (Plesiosaurus and Elasmosaurus), two pliosaurs (Attenborosaurus and Liopleurodon), and two mosasaurs (Mosasaurus and Tylosaurus(?)). Following this pattern, do you think it's likely we'll get a second ichthyosaur to round out the aquatic reptiles? And which one would you like to see? Personally I'm down for this big lad to appear.
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