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Beauty and the beast

Scott City paleontologist Kris Super identifies some features within the plaster jacket that contains a rare fossil specimen of a platylithophycus which he discovered in the Smoky Hill chalk formation. He’s hopeful the discovery will eventually aid in r

Beauty and the beast

Kris Super overlays images from a CT-san on a plaster jacket which reveals the Nyctosaurus bone structure hidden within. He’s holding the image over the wings. (Record P hoto) (Below) An artist’s concept of the Nictosaurus.

Beauty and the beast

Fri, 01/24/2025 - 5:31am

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