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[edit] Mosasaurs and Cleanup

Who touted this as the "last of the Mosasaurs"? The illustration of the carcass really looks nothing like a Mosasaur. If Owen was correct in asserting that the nostrils were at the end of the snout, the only animal this could be was a crocodile; Mosasaurs and Pliosaurs had nostrils midway down their snout. Additionally, many crocodilian sea serpents were seen other than the U-Boat one, I should probably link this to the "sea serpent" page. Additionally, he did make sketches while visiting the carcass. I also think the tone is not as encyclopedic as it could be. I won't use a cleanup or any other tags, but I'm putting this page on my "to do" list. Cameron 14:06, 20 November 2005 (UTC)

Hello, Cameron.I am not one to pick fights, but Gambo was hailed as the last Mosasaur, that does not change wether or not it actually was.Many late Mosasaurs did have their nostrils at the end of their snouts as Gambo did, and if you chose to oppose to this, think what changes could have been made through evoloution to Gambo.Lastly, if you feel the need to change this article, please do so, but do not ever complain about what an article is lacking, please just go ahead and change my article, I do not mind.{210.86.37.36 08:13, 22 November 2005 (UTC)}

But who hailed it as "the last Mosasaur"? If you can point me to your source I would be more than happy to put it in. I have re-mentioned Mosasaurs in the article now, but it was just a brief suggestion, similar to the German article. I looked through a bit in several paleontology books and sites and every image of a Mosasaur I could find has nostrils midway down the snout, including Dallasaurus. In order for something to evolve there has to be a pressure to do so, and Mosasaurs seemed to do fine with their nostrils for millions of years. The reason why I posted was basically to explain my reasoning for why I was going to change the site, sorry if it came off like complaining towards you.Cameron 14:26, 22 November 2005 (UTC)

Sorry, Cameron, you are absoloutely right.I have reread your evidence, and I am sorry for accusing you of complaining(No, this is not a forced apology.).I was getting a little carried away with the whole somone-changed-my-article-me-angry thing that i forgot to see you were changing it for the better.

HOWEVER.Im not gonna be all cheessy through this whole discussion. In his book, THE UNEXPLAINED, notable cryptozooligist Karl Shuker dubbed Gambo "the last of the mosasaurs".That will be all.Ciao. {210.86.37.20 07:55, 29 November 2005 (UTC)}

Thanks for the source, I just added it in there. Since Shuker's article was written before The Unexplained, I guess he changed his mind. Cameron 04:19, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

Dude, I know hat you probably wont want to do me any favours after I intially attacked you, but do you think you could get a picture of gambo, or a mosasaur or somthing? It would make this article a little more eye catching.Thanx.{219.88.55.28 05:02, 5 December 2005 (UTC)}

I don't mind. The only illustration of "Gambo" I know about is in a book called "There are Giants in the Sea" by Michael Bright. The book isn't currently available to me, but I could probably get it by the end of the month. I'm not sure what the copyright status of the picture is off hand, but I won't mind drawing my own version. It definitely would make the article more interesting.Cameron 16:20, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

Thats awesome, the only reason I cant do it myself is because you have 2 be a member to get a pic for an article. Ill see if I can get to be a member seeing as youre allowed to just draw pics for articles.Im guessing you take a digital photo of them?Oh, I changed the intro of this article a bit.

By the way, theres another picture of gambo in shukers, the unexplained.I will do a google search for gambo to see what else i can find.Spyke

{210.55.147.162 07:16, 6 December 2005 (UTC)}

Well, it turns out there aren't any illustrations online, so I did my own version. It turns out that his measurements conflicted a lot with his illustration, and I did another version that corresponded with Durnham's measurements. I decided against it, but I did point that out in the caption under the illustration. So either Durnham took botched measurements, or he didn't properly remember what it looked like. Cameron 21:39, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

Or he was just lying.Its me, ive just got a different I.P adress coz i got a laptop.Oh, this might intrest you.On a website i visit somtimes, i found a photo thatll have you bouncing off the walls.Its a birds eye veiw of a river, but in the river is a MASSIVE (20m?) mosasaur.On the site they called it a crocodile, but obsesed guys like me think its somthing less mundane. The truth is out there, and in unexplained.com. Do a google search for GIANT CROCODILE UNEXPLAINED or just wait 4 me to find a link. Spyke

Question: Why does this thing have a 4.5' head, and a 6' body? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.46.64.1 (talk) 15:39, 8 October 2007 (UTC)