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The Early Cretaceous choristodere Shokawa ikoi, of Shokawa Prefecture, Japan, a long-necked relative of the even longer-necked choristodere, Hyphalosaurus lingyuanensis.Related content
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the thin tadpole tail would fit better to an amphibian? or perhaps if they had a thin skin could be possible?
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That's what the fossils of Shokawa and Hyphalosaurus suggest: a thin, flattened tail.
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I always have to go look up the critters you post and I always learn something new. I'd never heard of this group of reptiles - thanks!
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The choristoderes include the marginally better known "champsosaurs," and they were the only order of reptiles to survive the K/T Extinction event, only to go extinct during the Miocene.
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