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Metriorhynchus, Jurassic Marine Reptile
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Title:
Metriorhynchus, Jurassic Marine Reptile
Caption:
Metriorhynchus comprised about a dozen known species, making this one of the most common marine reptiles of the late Jurassic period. This prehistoric crocodile was characterized by its lack of scales (its smooth skin probably resembled that of its fellow marine reptiles, the ichthyosaurs) and its lightweight, porous skull, which presumably enabled it to poke its head out of the surface of the water while the rest of its body floated underneath at a 45-degree angle. Illustration originally captioned: An Upper Jurassic crocodile by S.W. Williston, 1914, from unidentified source.
Credit:
Album / USGS/Science Source
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Image size:
4500 x 3400 px | 43.8 MB
Print size:
38.1 x 28.8 cm | 15.0 x 11.3 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
AGE • ÂGÉS • ANIMAL • ANIMALIA • ART • ARTWORK • BW • CARNIVORA • CARNIVORE • CARNIVORES • CARNIVOROUS • CHORDATA • DINOSAUR • DINOSAURIA • DINOSAURS • DRAWING • ERA • EXTINCT • EXTINCTION • FAUNA • HISTORIC • HISTORICAL • HISTORY • ILLUSTRATION • ILLUSTRATIONS • JURASSIC ERA • JURASSIC PERIOD • JURASSIC TIME • JURASSIC • MARINE REPTILE • MEAT EATER • MEAT EATING • METRIORHYNCHUS • OLD • OPPORTUNISTIC PREDATOR • PALAEOBIOLOGY • PALAEONTOLOGY • PALAEOZOOLOGY • PALEOBIOLOGY • PALEONTOLOGY • PALEOZOOLOGY • PERIOD • PREDATOR • PREDATORY • PREHISTORIC CROCODILE • PREHISTORIC • PREHISTORY • REPTIL • REPTILE • REPTILES • REPTILIA • TERRESTRIAL VERTEBRATE • TIME • UPPER JURASSIC • VERTEBRATE • WILDLIFE
