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SUMMARY:The "Terrific" Giant Spike-Toothed Salmon 
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DESCRIPTION:Go back in time to when Oncorhynchus rastrosus swam the Deschu
 tes River..\nhttps://dpl.libnet.info/event/14870345
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><strong>A recording of this presentation i
 s available to watch on Youtube here: &nbsp\;<a href="https://youtu.be/hkF
 Cj9F3luo">https://youtu.be/hkFCj9F3luo</a> </strong></p>\n<p>Learn about <
 em>Oncorhynchus rastrosus</em>\, a giant extinct salmon that once lived on
  the west coast of North America. They were 8 - 10 feet long and weighed u
 p to 500 pounds. They became extinct&nbsp\;about&nbsp\;6 1/2 million years
  ago and were filter-feeders\,&nbsp\;feeding on pinhead-sized&nbsp\;zoopla
 nkton. They had two enormous&nbsp\;teeth in their upper jaw\, which has gi
 ven them the nickname of "Spike Tooth Salmon." Their&nbsp\;fossils have be
 en found from the mainstem Columbia River to estuaries in Southern Califor
 nia\, and they probably lived in British Columbia and Alaska too. However\
 , the best specimens in the world come from a small gravel quarry north of
  Madras owned by Sean Vibbert. In the last 60 years\, almost 20 partial sp
 ecimens have been found in this quarry\, 16 of them in the last 4 years. T
 his explosion of new specimens will enable us to better understand the ana
 tomy\, lifestyle\, and ecology of this greatest of all Salmon.&nbsp\;</p>\
 n<p>Illustration image by Ray Troll.</p>\n<p><strong>About the Presenter:<
 /strong></p>\n<p>Gregory Carr is the current secretary of the North Americ
 a Research Group\, a Portland-based club of fossil enthusiasts. He has a l
 ong history of collecting and preparing fossils\, especially from Oregon. 
 His family has discovered several new species of plants and animals\, incl
 uding the oldest known vertebrate from Oregon (a Triassic Marine Reptile k
 nown as a Thalattosaur). He has also found and prepared the majority of th
 e specimens of Giant Salmon <em>Oncorhynchus rastrosus</em>. A frequent pu
 blic speaker about fossils and paleoclimatology\, he also volunteers at th
 e Oregon Museum of Science and Industry in their Paleontology lab.&nbsp\;<
 /p>\n<p>Questions? Contact&nbsp\;<a href="mailto:laurelh@deschuteslibrary.
 org">laurelh@deschuteslibrary.org</a>&nbsp\; &nbsp\;&nbsp\;</p>\nhttps://d
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