From the sea to the east of Laramidia
Within a mother lived another Polycotylus
“I never left the comfort of the womb
Together, we expired and found a tomb to rest in. Earth pressed in
On a walk, in Kansas rock, my mother was discovered and exhumed
The plaster cast and earth were then removed. The day I was uncovered, it was proved:
We of Plesiosauria were viviparous
Living young, given lungs, much like whales
Born from water, we moved to the land
Then flippers grew from legs we used to have
The sea is where we came from
And we learned that life was better there
So we returned.”