Fossil sea monster biggest of its kind

Fossil sea monster biggest of its kind

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The fossil of a 15 metre long "sea monster" found in Arctic Norway was the biggest of its kind known to science, with dagger-like teeth in a mouth large enough to bite a small car.


The 150 million-year-old pliosaur, a fierce marine reptile, was about five metres longer than the previous pliosaur record holder found in Australia.


Palaeontologist at the Natural History Museum in Oslo Joern Hurum, led the expedition to dig up the fossil on the archipelago of Svalbard 1,300 kilometres from the N

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[edit on 28-2-2008 by Jbird]

Man these things are huge and ugly too.

"A small car could fit inside its mouth," he said."

Wow... maybe that's what the Cloverfield monster is

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[edit on 2/28/2008 by Bigwhammy]

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