Thalattosaurus
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Thalattosaurus meaning "sea lizard," from the Attic Greek thalatta (θάλαττα), "sea," and sauros (σαῦρος), "lizard," is an extinct genus of marine reptile in the family Thalattosauroidea. They were aquatic diapsids that are known exclusively from the Triassic period. It was a 2–3 metres (6.6–9.8 ft) long shellfish-eating reptile with paddle-like limbs and a down-turned rostrum occurring in the Lower and Middle Triassic Sulphur Mountain Formation of British Columbia as well as the Upper Triassic Hosselkus Limestone of California. It has gained notoriety as a result of studies on general diapsid phylogeny.
The Hosselkus Limestone where remains of Thalattosaurus have been found
Original reconstruction of T. alexandrae skull by Merriam in 1905 incorrectly portraying a straight snout
Thalattosaurus (left) with relative Nectosaurus (right) hunting shellfish.
Annie Montague Alexander
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Annie Montague Alexander was an explorer, naturalist, paleontological collector, and philanthropist.
Disenchanment Bay. Alexander and her team arrived here before embarking along the Kenai Peninsula.
The University of California Museum of Paleontology is housed within the Valley Life Sciences Building on the University of California, Berkeley campus.
Makawao Union Church, Maui Hawaii 1909. The Makawao Cemetery is where Alexander's ashes were buried.