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Sphenacodon — Eubiodectes libanicus
Published: 2008-06-09 05:53:23 +0000 UTC; Views: 997; Favourites: 14; Downloads: 48
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Finally got around to it.
Okay, first up, the ichthyodectid Eubiodectes libanicus. This streamlined predator was a smaller relative of the much larger and more famous Xiphactinus.
Fossil courtesy of the AUB museum, to whom I am indebted.
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I know! It's totally crazy!
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Apparently. If that is indeed the case, then it's awesome.
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Either "true life biter" or "primitive life biter"
I had found out that the prefix "eu" can also mean "primitive"
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Oh, interesting. Did not know that.
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Yes.
The orneriness clings to their flesh like a sapid miasma of suffocating savoriness.
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Miasma, you say? Miasma's been getting better since I started medication.
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Also, In the years since we first started this thread, I found out that the Greek prefix "Eu-" can either mean "good," "true," or, as often is the case with fossils, "primitive"
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A reasonable deduction. I always thought "Eu" just meant "good".
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I need to start taking mine again, I was thinking we were still talking about ostriches.
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It makes me think of Thrissops, even.
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