Showing posts with label Manitoba. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Manitoba. Show all posts

Saturday, July 17, 2010

Something Exciting From Manitoba!

And its dead!. Here's more information on Xiphactinus from Dan Varner's wonderful Oceans of Kansas website. I also recommend highly the book.
Coolest bit: the fossil described in the news report is chewing on one of these.
And have I mentioned that "Manitoba" is a First Nations word meaning "Kingdom of the black-flies"?