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'''Therapsida''' is a group of synapsids that include mammals and their immediate evolutionary ancestors. Called "half-mammals, half-amphibians" non-mammalian therapsids dating from the Early Cretaceous period show striking similarities to both the Connecticut River Monster and to scientific reconstructions of Champ. | '''Therapsida''' is a group of synapsids that include mammals and their immediate evolutionary ancestors. Called "half-mammals, half-amphibians" non-mammalian therapsids dating from the Early Cretaceous period show striking similarities to both the Connecticut River Monster and to scientific reconstructions of Champ. | ||
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| + | ==''Cadborosaurus willsi''== | ||
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| + | The remains of an animal found in a sperm whale stomach in 1937 have now been accepted as a genuine reptilian sea serpent and it has been given the latin name ''Cadborosaurus willsi''. | ||
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| + | ==[[Connecticut River Monster]]== | ||
| + | The Connecticut River Monster, a fresh water specimen, was originally described, in error, as a "Sea Monster". [[Read more about it here...|Connecticut River Monster]] | ||
==Press== | ==Press== | ||
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[http://www.upne.com/1-58465-782-0.html Read about (and buy!) the '''Vermont Monster Guide''' here, from the University Press of New England, 2009.] | [http://www.upne.com/1-58465-782-0.html Read about (and buy!) the '''Vermont Monster Guide''' here, from the University Press of New England, 2009.] | ||
| + | [http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/most-monsters/ Cryptomundo is writing about the latest, best and brassiest book about Vermont Monsters!] | ||
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==References and Links== | ==References and Links== | ||
[http://srbissette.com/?page_id=5342 See Monsters as only a Master of Comics could draw them here at Steve Bissette's own htmlpage!] | [http://srbissette.com/?page_id=5342 See Monsters as only a Master of Comics could draw them here at Steve Bissette's own htmlpage!] | ||
| + | [http://josephacitro.blogspot.com/ and see Joe Citro's blogspot page here!] | ||
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[[category:Aquatic Mammalia]] | [[category:Aquatic Mammalia]] | ||
[[category:Teeth]] | [[category:Teeth]] | ||
[[category:More Teeth]] | [[category:More Teeth]] | ||
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[[category:Dirt Covered Things]] | [[category:Dirt Covered Things]] | ||
Latest revision as of 06:50, 27 August 2009
Contents
Historic Background
Sea monster corpses have been reported since recent antiquity (Heuvelmans, 1968). Unidentified specimens are often called globsters, however the Main Street Museum much perfers the term carcass or specimen.
The aquatic fauna specimen netted by the Japanese trawler Zuiyo Maru off New Zealand caused a sensation in 1977 and was immortalized on a Brazilian postage stamp before it was suggested by the FBI to be the decomposing carcass of a basking shark. This creature, related to the plesiosaur species, shows similarities to a sea monster washed up on Fortune Bay, Newfoundland in August, 2001.
Another modern example of a sea monster was the strange creature washed up in Los Muermos on the Chilean sea shore in July, 2003. It was first described as a "mammoth jellyfish as long as a bus"
Cases of boneless, amorphic globsters are sometimes believed to be gigantic octopuses, but it has now been determined that theraspids dying at sea decompose in such a way that the blubber detaches from the body, forming featureless whitish masses that sometimes exhibit a hairy texture due to exposed strands of collagen fibers. The analysis of the Zuiyo Maru carcass revealed a comparable phenomenon and more firmly associating it with the aquatic mammalia of the Main Street Museum.
Phylogeny
The "Sea Monster" preserved in the Main Street Museum collection cannot, obviously be referred to as a true Sea Monster, as it was discovered in the Connecticut River, near the White River, both fresh-water bodies. However, such nomenclature must be considered verbal shorthand. Our "River-Monster" has been determined to be of a close genetic kinship to "Champ" the Burlington, Vermont specimen, that "Lake-Monster" could be considered appropriate terminology.
Therapsida is a group of synapsids that include mammals and their immediate evolutionary ancestors. Called "half-mammals, half-amphibians" non-mammalian therapsids dating from the Early Cretaceous period show striking similarities to both the Connecticut River Monster and to scientific reconstructions of Champ.
Cadborosaurus willsi
The remains of an animal found in a sperm whale stomach in 1937 have now been accepted as a genuine reptilian sea serpent and it has been given the latin name Cadborosaurus willsi.
Connecticut River Monster
The Connecticut River Monster, a fresh water specimen, was originally described, in error, as a "Sea Monster". Connecticut River Monster
Press
Read our first press release about the Beast!
Read about (and buy!) the Vermont Monster Guide here, from the University Press of New England, 2009. Cryptomundo is writing about the latest, best and brassiest book about Vermont Monsters!
References and Links
See Monsters as only a Master of Comics could draw them here at Steve Bissette's own htmlpage! and see Joe Citro's blogspot page here!
