Great thanks for the replies
It seems theres a general consensus on mudsharks looking like a cross between a catfish/ alligator type creature, or as jean put it "Labyrinthodontia", which is actually how I envisaged the catfish/alligator combination. Heres a link to a picture of the Labyrinthodontia on wikipedia
the http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Labyrinthodontia.jpg
The other mentioned reference looked similar but had crocodile scales on its back. Its seemed to me from the writing in River of cradles that musharks weren't supposed to be a straight forward alligator. The Labyrinthodontia seems to fit the bill much better.
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> Hi all
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> The last time I thought about mudsharks, they were labyrinthodontias
> (prehistoric amphibians)
> They have roughly the same shape as crocodile, but they don't have scaly
> skin , and their
> teeth are different.
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> The episode in River of Cradle is a once in a lifetime chance to study
> their anatomy.
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> Jean
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> portraitpainter71 wrote:
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> > Greetings all,
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> > I'd like to know if anyone in this group could please explain to me
> > what Mudsharks are? They're featured in the campaign in the old
> > Runquest supplement River of Cradles, but there is no proper
> > description/ explanation of them. IIRC there is a passage where they
> > are described as "barking". Anyone got any ideas?
> >
> >
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