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   Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 16-Feb-2025 23:45:51 JST Adrianna Tan

   French customs found 70 million years old dinosaur teeth in a lorry including those from ‘Mosasaurus, a large aquatic creature that measured up to 12m.’

   https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqx95zyzyv7o

   #Marine #Paleontology

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 17-Feb-2025 00:08:59 JST Adrianna Tan

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     • Adam S. Smith

     @AdamStuartSmith thank you for clarifying, and I love your instance name

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     Adam S. Smith (adamstuartsmith@sauropods.win)'s status on Monday, 17-Feb-2025 00:09:00 JST Adam S. Smith

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     @skinnylatte Of the nine teeth, one belongs to Zarafasaura, not a dinosaur, three to Mosasaurus, also not a dinosaur, and five to Dyrosaurus, also also not a dinosaur. So, no dinosaurs in their article about dinosaurs. The body of the article describe the teeth as marine reptiles so they know better, but clicks trump facts I guess... #BBC #dinosaurs

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 17-Feb-2025 08:05:52 JST Adrianna Tan

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     • Adam S. Smith

     @AdamStuartSmith hehe, i should have read the story in more detail; always love an expert version of the actual headline! nice to meet you too!

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     Adam S. Smith (adamstuartsmith@sauropods.win)'s status on Monday, 17-Feb-2025 08:05:54 JST Adam S. Smith

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     @skinnylatte I saw you edited your post :) I hope you didn't feel my criticism was in any way directed at you, it wasn't, but I still appreciate your attention to detail! 😎