News Headline
215-Million-Year-Old, Sharp-Nosed Sea Creature Was Among the Last of Its Kind
Source
Smithsonian
Publication Date
2020-03-05
Researchers gave the marine reptile the genus name Gunakadeit in honor of a sea monster from Tlingit oral history. As the frigid Alaskan waters lapped at his heels, Patrick Druckenmiller repositioned his saw against the algae-dappled rock.