It is not concerned with

• Strange creatures lurking in lakes in Scotland, Sweden, Canada or anywhere else. Because I am asked the question so frequently I have added a page explaining why the Loch Ness monster is not a plesiosaur.


• Decomposing sharks or any other modern marine animals. Decomposing carcases are frequently interpreted as being those of plesiosaurs, and I am contacted far too often by people trying to argue that that is what they are. All the pictures I've seen show something even superficailly completely unlike a plesiosaur, and marine biologists and shark experts confirm again and again that these are the carcases of sharks, most commonly basking sharks. Have a look at paleo.cc/paluxy/plesios.htm for a report by Glen Kuban and plesiosauria.com/living_plesiosaurs.php for a review by my friend and colleague Adam Smith.

If anyone

• has any comments


• finds any mistakes


• wants to contribute their own views


• has any pictures I can include without breaching copyright


• wants to register material in collections I have not included


• has draft papers to circulate for comment


• has any wild idea to air


• thinks this is all a load of tosh

Please contact me
e: moc.ruasoiselp@drahcir