Traskasaura sandrae, a 12-m-long elasmosaur (a type of plesiosaur) that lived in the Cretaceous seas, 85 million years ago, had a strange mix of primitive and derived traits unlike any other elasmosaur; its unique suite of adaptations enabled this marine reptile to hunt prey from above.
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