Zaxor
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Mentos;3484584 said:it is one of those beasts from the dark crystal
Ware2010;3484598 said:
My theory is that it's casting a shadow from one limb to the other.
SaltwaterServr;3486030 said:Pinniped species. Not a croc, the nasal area of the skull is wrong.
Ware2010;3486045 said:It's a what?
SaltwaterServr;3486116 said:Ah hell. I meant cetacean, not pinniped. For those keeping score at home, a pinniped is a seal, sea lion, walrus, etc. Marine mammals who have "flippers".
A cetacean would be a whale, porpoise, or dolphin. This critter is most likely a species of that judging by the elongate nasal area of the skull and vertebral column exposed in the photos. The "fur" isn't fur, but tangled strings of any number of species of marine worms, bacteria, or other scavenger species.
Ware2010;3484612 said: