A medical scan reveals the secrets of New Zealand's extinct marine reptiles, almost 150 years after the fossils' discovery
- Written by: Paul Scofield, Adjunct professor, University of Canterbury
Vukaddin, CC BY-NDNew Zealand’s fossil record of land dinosaurs is poor, with just a few bones, but the collection of ancient extinct marine reptiles is remarkable, including shark-like mosasaurs and long-necked plesiosaurs.
Plesiosaurs first appeared in the fossil record around 200 million years ago and died off, alongside dinosaurs, 66...