Moroccan Dinosaurs in Marine Rocks, Too

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Two recent papers by paleontologist Nicholas Longrich and his colleagues describe some unexpected findings in phosphate mines of northern Morocco.1,2 Most surprisingly, they found a pair of short-armed carnivorous dinosaurs mixed in with fish, sharks, and marine turtles in the same layer.1 Their second discovery was a 26-foot-long, previously unknown mosasaur with “bladelike” teeth that was also found in th… More…

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