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2,000 volunteers join a painstaking effort to restore massive skeleton of prehistoric predator

Mastodonsaurus lived about 240 million years ago during the Middle Triassic period. It was an underwater ambush hunter, preying mainly on fish and smaller amphibians

· 7/22/2026, 9:09:59 AM· 2 min read
2,000 volunteers join a painstaking effort to restore massive skeleton of prehistoric predator
Mastodonsaurus lived about 240 million years ago during the Middle Triassic period. It was an underwater ambush hunter, preying mainly on fish and smaller amphibians
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