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Colossal "sea monster" unearthed Palaeontology

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Posted 06 November 2009 - 11:00 AM

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The massive fossilised skull of a gargantuan predatory sea creature, the pliosaur, has been unearthed along the UK's Jurassic Coast. The creature was 16m in length and could have swallowed a human in a single gulp.

"The fossilised skull of a colossal "sea monster" has been unearthed along the UK's Jurassic Coast. The ferocious predator, which is called a pliosaur, terrorised the oceans 150 million years ago."

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Posted 06 November 2009 - 09:15 PM

Awesome! I love hearing about this stuff!
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Posted 07 November 2009 - 08:02 AM

loving the prehistoric monsters!
it looks like the upper hand, is on the other foot.

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Posted 07 November 2009 - 06:52 PM

That is seriously cool!
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Posted 07 November 2009 - 07:02 PM

Do you think we should ever clone something like that?
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Posted 13 November 2009 - 03:39 AM

View PostDONTEATUS, on 07 November 2009 - 01:02 PM, said:

Do you think we should ever clone something like that?



In words of one syllable . . :wacko: :no: . NO WAY!!

Check out the discovery from South Africa dated today; November 12th. They have found a Saurapod ancestor that measured 6feet (1.7 meters) at the shoulder, was @23feet (7meters) long at weighed in at about 1100pds or 500KG. This baby walked on two feet was heavy barreled chested with the ability to walk on all fours.

http://web.wits.ac.z.../GeoScience/BPI

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http://www.wiv.edu/earthclaw

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Posted 13 November 2009 - 05:25 AM

I love hearing about this stuff.
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Posted 14 November 2009 - 03:14 AM

Great news! Very interesting. The pliosaur looks as if it has the body of a manatee and the head of a crocodile.
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Posted 14 November 2009 - 03:17 AM

View PostDONTEATUS, on 07 November 2009 - 11:02 AM, said:

Do you think we should ever clone something like that?


I don't think that would be a great idea.
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