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![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081107050310im_/http://www.nsf.gov/images/x.gif) Press Release 06-173 Volcanic Blast Likely Killed and Preserved Juvenile Fossil Plesiosaur Found in Antarctica
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Skeleton to be unveiled at U.S. museum Dec. 13
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![A mother and juvenile plesiosaur probably looked like this artist's rendering.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081107050310im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/plesiosaur1_f.jpg) |
A mother and juvenile plesiosaur probably looked like this artist's rendering.
Credit: Nicolle Rager, National Science Foundation |
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![Remains of the juvenile plesiosaur were exacavated from this Vega Island excavation site.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081107050310im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/plesiosaur2_f.jpg) |
Remains of the juvenile plesiosaur were exacavated from this Vega Island excavation site.
Credit: James E. Martin, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology |
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![A researcher carefully excavates a fossilized juvenile plesiosaur on Vega Island, Antarctica.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081107050310im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/plesiosaur3_f.jpg) |
A researcher carefully excavates a fossilized juvenile plesiosaur on Vega Island, Antarctica.
Credit: James E. Martin, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology |
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![Temperatures in Antarctica were much warmer 70 million years ago.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081107050310im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/plesiosaur4_f.jpg) |
Temperatures in Antarctica were much warmer 70 million years ago.
Credit: Nicolle Rager, National Science Foundation |
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![This animation shows how the juvenile plesiosaur might have appeared.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081107050310im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/plesiosaur5_f.jpg) |
View video This animation shows how the juvenile plesiosaur, discovered in Antarctica by an American-Argentine research team, might have appeared.
Credit: Trent Schindler, National Science Foundation
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