Slender-snouted Besanosaurus was an 8 m long marine snapper
E-Mail 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... view more 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...
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