Note 9 — Chapter III · REPTILES RE-CONQUER THE SEA.
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Rumors of Paleozoic monsters living in remote portions of the earth appear constantly, but without foundation in fact. Just this year (1922) newspapers and some magazines have made a great to-do about a Plesiosaur that was supposed to be living in a South American lake. The Plesiosaurs, aside from being as ancient as the Mosasaurs, were exclusively marine; therefore, a report of one of them in a lake is utterly absurd.