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Old 02-October-2008, 12:56 PM
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This is kind of like saying that plesiosaurs and pliosaurs couldn't swim, because we don't know exactly how they moved their flippers; as is, how they did it is indeed controversial, as it was apparently unique among swimming vertebrates.
And the Tylosaurs as well:

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This picture shows the left side of a Tylosaurus proriger (HMG-1288) skull from western Kansas on exhibit in the Hobetsu Museum in Hobetsu, (northern island of Hokkaido), Japan.


From Oceans of Kansas; Everhart
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