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Slender-snouted Besanosaurus was an 8 m long marine snapper

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IMAGE: The skull of the type specimen of Besanosaurus leptorhynchus is characterized by extreme longirostry (i.e., thin elongate snout), and equipped with tiny pointed teeth, perfect for catching small fish and.
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Credit: Gabriele Bindellini and Marco Auditore, © Museo di Storia Naturale di Milano.
Middle Triassic ichthyosaurs are rare, and mostly small in size. The new
Besanosaurus specimens described in the peer-reviewed journal
PeerJ - the
Journal of Life and Environmental Sciences - by Italian, Swiss, Dutch and Polish paleontologists provide new information on the anatomy of this fish-like ancient reptile, revealing its diet and exceptionally large adult size: up to 8 meters, a real record among all marine predators of this geological epoch. In fact, ....

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