If you like the look of these #fossils and want to see what they look like outside the multi-ton rocks, there are many carefully prepared and displayed in Canterbury Museum (and some in Te Papa): #mosasaur, #elasmosaur and also nearby formations' #penguins

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-07/fossil-discovery-queensland-museum-townsville-plesiosaur/101735306 #mosasaur #dinosaur #elasmosaur #plesiosaur

Because I can't resist a local-#fossil-makes-good story, I feel compelled to post a follow-up to this #FossilAdventCalendar entry. The #PuntledgeRiver #elasmosaur is so well-preserved that casts of its #skeleton are a star of #museum exhibit halls from the #UniversityOfWashington's #BurkeMuseum to #Ottawa's #CanadianMuseumOfNature. Running across it in #museums is always a pleasant surprise, like unexpectedly meeting an old friend.

#FossilAdventCalendar Day 8

The #PacificNorthwest makes its #AdventCalendar debut today in the form of one of our most impressive #fossils: the #PuntledgeRiver #elasmosaur. #Cretaceous #marine #reptiles are common from the Great Plains, but this specimen is from #VancouverIsland, #BritishColumbia 🇨🇦. Found in 1988 by a 12 year old taking a walk with her dad, the #fossil, housed in the #Courtenay museum shows that these long-necked #plesiosaurs inhabited the #ancient #seas of the #PNW as well.

With the news (link below) of the newly found #Elasmosaur #fossil in #Outback #Queensland I decided to rework on of my #Lego #LegoFossil builds to represent the new find.
And here is the end results.
If you have any notes, let me know.
If you want to build it, then once its finalised I will post the build instructions :D
News Story - https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/dec/06/queensland-graziers-unearth-100m-year-old-plesiosaur-remains-likened-to-rosetta-stone

Since law has it that any negative #paleontology news needs to be balanced with some good paleontology news, here's a recently unearthed #elasmosaur (skull + body) from #Australia:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/dec/06/queensland-graziers-unearth-100m-year-old-plesiosaur-remains-likened-to-rosetta-stone by @joe_hinchliffe@twitter.com via @guardian@twitter.com

Flippin' love elasmosaurs! https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/dec/06/queensland-graziers-unearth-100m-year-old-plesiosaur-remains-likened-to-rosetta-stone #Elasmosaur

Rare new fossil find the 'Rosetta Stone' of marine paleontology
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-rare-fossil-rosetta-stone-marine.html #Paleontology #elasmosaur #plesiosaur #Australia

Australian 🦕
“One of the “Rock Chicks” – as the amateur palaeontologists call themselves – uncovered the fossilised remains of the long-necked #plesiosaur, known as an #elasmosaur, while searching her western #Queensland cattle station in August.”

Queensland graziers unearth 100m-year-old plesiosaur remains likened to Rosetta Stone.
Amateur fossil hunters find skull connected to body of marine giant elasmosaur for the first time in Australia

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/dec/06/queensland-graziers-unearth-100m-year-old-plesiosaur-remains-likened-to-rosetta-stone #fossils #Queensland #elasmosaur

A group of female graziers from outback Queensland who hunt fossils in their downtime have uncovered the remains of a 100m-year-old creature that palaeontologists are likening to the Rosetta Stone for its potential to unlock the discovery of several new species of prehistoric marine giant. #fossils #paleontology #palaeontology #science #Australia #RockChicks #elasmosaur

Queensland graziers unearth 100m-year-old plesiosaur remains likened to Rosetta Stone | Dinosaurs | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/dec/06/queensland-graziers-unearth-100m-year-old-plesiosaur-remains-likened-to-rosetta-stone