Sea dragons

Before tectonic changes and heaving sea-levels, this was once ocean floor.

The excitement was infectious. We were, after all, trying to rummage for a creature with no resembling counterpart in today’s world. Some as large as blue whales. Reptiles that gave birth to young ones. So odd in many ways, yet, so kaleidoscopically attractive.

A predator that was once more famous than its superstar fossil cousins with the same last name -- dinosaurs.