Meet the T-rex of the sea: The Pliosaur
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🗓️ 1 September 2024
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The discovery of the fossilized jaw and skull of a pliosaur, a giant prehistoric marine reptile, has set enthusiasts on fire. What might these new bones teach us about how this ancient creature lived? One man with a front row seat to it all was legendary paleontologist Steve Etches, a plumber-turned-scientist who has been collecting fossils, from what’s known as the Jurassic Coast in southern England, for over 40 years. Steve joins The Excerpt to share the extraordinary story of finding and collecting this rare fossil, currently on display at the Etches Collection Museum of Jurassic Marine Life.
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| 0:00.0 | Wunderry Plus subscribers can listen to USA Today's The Excerpt, ad free right now. |
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| 0:08.0 | Hi and welcome to the Excerpt. I'm Dana Taylor. |
| 0:10.0 | Today is Sunday, September 1st, 2024, and this is a special episode of the excerpt. |
| 0:16.1 | For one last trip during the last weeks of summer, we're taking you back to the Jurassic Coast. |
| 0:21.4 | One of your favorite episodes this year has been our conversation about the The |
| 0:24.0 | Caiasor. This episode this year has been our conversation about the T-Rex of the Sea, the Pliosaur. |
| 0:27.4 | This episode originally aired on February 29th, 2024. Hello and welcome to the excerpt. |
| 0:37.0 | I'm Dana Taylor. |
| 0:38.0 | Today is Thursday, February 29th, 2024, |
| 0:42.0 | and this is a special episode of the excerpt. |
| 0:51.0 | The T-Rex of the C, they call it, its more formal name, Pliosaur. |
| 0:56.0 | It's a giant prehistoric marine reptile, and the discovery of the fossilized jaw and skull of one such plaessor has set enthusiasts on fire. |
| 1:06.6 | What might these new bones teach us about how this ancient creature lived? |
| 1:10.6 | One man with a front row seat to it all was legendary paleontologist Steve Eches, a plumber turned scientist who's been collecting fossils from what's known as the Jurassic coast in southern England for more than 40 years. |
| 1:24.1 | Steve is now curator for the Edges Collection Museum of Jurassic Marine Life |
| 1:28.8 | in Cambridge Dorset, where that Pliocerosse's goal is now on display. |
| 1:33.7 | Steve, thanks for joining me. |
| 1:35.2 | It's a pleasure. |
| 1:36.2 | Tell us about the day of the Pliosor Discovery, |
| 1:39.4 | after you recall to the site, what first caught your attention and is this the most thrilling find of |
| 1:46.0 | your career as a paleontologist? |
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