117 views Photo Uploaded: Aug 07 2007 16:00:30 GMT Taken: 2007:08:05 11:28:32 Manufacturer: Canon Camera: EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTiAperture: F7.1 Shutter: 1/200 sec ISO: 400 Flash: Yes (Auto, red-eye reduction) SAND SCULPTURE OF A MOSOSAURUS.
Created by two Winnipeg artists and on display at The Forks in Winnipeg.
The Mososaurus was a genus of extinct marine reptiles allied to the lizards, but having the body much elongated, and the limbs in the form of paddles. The first known species, nearly fifty feet in length, was discovered in Cretaceous beds near Maastricht, in the Netherlands. | |