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**Adam Khor** · 15-09-2011, 18:23

It was the size of a man, had a permanent "evil grin" on its face and was found in the Arctic; it has been called Laccognathus embryi, and coexisted with famous Tiktaalik.

Cool looking critter

**Galvasean** · 15-09-2011, 19:00

The skull actually looks like it's laughing!

Rubecula · 16-09-2011, 16:51

Probably being told fishy jokes does that to it.

Interesting looking creature isn't it. I like the way it is pictured in shallow water too. Do we know if that was in fact how it lived?

**Galvasean** · 16-09-2011, 18:41

According to Wiki it was first described in 1941. I'm guessing from fragmentary remains.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laccognathus

**Adam Khor** · 16-09-2011, 21:26

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Originally Posted by Rubecula

Probably being told fishy jokes does that to it.

Interesting looking creature isn't it. I like the way it is pictured in shallow water too. Do we know if that was in fact how it lived?

It makes sense- Tiktaalik was found in the same site, and it was probably not living in deep water.

SvenLittkowski · 17-09-2011, 01:14

I would like to know more, like who found the fossils, where exactly, and what the exact age of the fossil is.

Allosaur · 30-09-2011, 14:05

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Originally Posted by Rubecula

Probably being told fishy jokes does that to it.

Interesting looking creature isn't it. I like the way it is pictured in shallow water too. Do we know if that was in fact how it lived?

I'd imagine that it filled a similar niche as the modern Catfish. Slow moving rivers, lakes and ponds. Still, dark shallow. That kind of thing.

**Galvasean** · 30-09-2011, 16:06

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Originally Posted by SvenLittkowski

I would like to know more, like who found the fossils, where exactly, and what the exact age of the fossil is.

Apparently a different species of Laccognathus has been known since 1941. More information below:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laccognathus

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Galvasean Moderator Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Hell's Creek Posts: 32,272 Adverts \| Friends Mod: Palaeontology, Transformers	According to Wiki it was first described in 1941. I'm guessing from fragmentary remains. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laccognathus

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SvenLittkowski Registered User Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 4 Adverts \| Friends	I would like to know more, like who found the fossils, where exactly, and what the exact age of the fossil is.