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This is a close up of the fossilized Ray-fish from the previous page. In it's belly is it's last meal before it died - an Ananogmius (most closely related to modern bony-tounged fishes), late Cretaceous - 80 to 65 million years old.

I call this digital photo, taken in April 2010:

"Ray - Fish."

Ray-Fish


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This is an Allosaurus Fragilis from the late Jurassic period at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum; - 145 to 155 million years old. Found in Colorado.

Close inspection if it's bird-like feet and recent research means it probably resembled a large Emu or Ostrich, rather than the Hollywood reptile stereotype: modern re-creations of related dinosaurs, like Deinonychus feature a feathered, egg-laying, bird-like creature.

On the other hand, there is a striking resemblance between this Raptor skeleton and the creature in the 1979 horror science fiction movie "Alien."

I call this digital photo, taken in April 2010:

"Raptor."

Raptor


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First posted: 4/13/2010

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