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Reason: Plesiosaur in bg raising head over water, bird too early for the time.
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DescriptionGeosaurus.jpg
Rhacheosaurus gracilis[1]
by Samuel Wendell Williston (1851-1918)
from Water Reptiles of the Past and Present
Samuel Wendell Williston, based on figures by Fraas
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