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  • Among the first land animals inhabiting the earth was a fish-eating reptile similar to a modem crocodile, called a mesosaurus.

    The Source John Clayton Nils Jansma 2001

  • Among the first land animals inhabiting the earth was a fish-eating reptile similar to a modem crocodile, called a mesosaurus.

    The Source John Clayton Nils Jansma 2001

  • The most famous of these organisms was mesosaurus, not because of its skull but because the fossils of this flimsy fish eating crocodile shaped organism were found in early permian strata on both the west coast of africa and the east coast of so. america.

    Report on the 2005 Creation Mega Conference, Part Four - The Panda's Thumb 2005

  • Later I learned that mesosaurus not mosasaurus was critical to the theory of continental drift long before A.

    Drawing a Line in the Academic Sand - The Panda's Thumb 2005

  • They included the small crocodile like mesosaurus of 310 mya or so that is found in fossil beds in western Africa and eastern So.

    Drawing a Line in the Academic Sand - The Panda's Thumb 2005

  • Lest no one forget the obscure little mesosaurus: remember that it was found in early permian rocks both on the eastern coast of So.

    Down with phyla! (episode II) - The Panda's Thumb 2005

  • The true use if any for the term “parareptile” should be limited to basal anapsids such as mesosaurus.

    Report on the 2005 Creation Mega Conference, Part Four - The Panda's Thumb 2005

  • This record of the mesosaurus is one of many proofs for the existence of the last supercontinent, Pangea, which was almost fully assembled by this time.

    The Source John Clayton Nils Jansma 2001

  • Fossils of the mesosaurus are found in early Permian beds located in both Brazil and South Africa.

    The Source John Clayton Nils Jansma 2001

  • This record of the mesosaurus is one of many proofs for the existence of the last supercontinent, Pangea, which was almost fully assembled by this time.

    The Source John Clayton Nils Jansma 2001

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