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Colossal "sea monster" unearthed

By T.K. Randall
November 6, 2009 · Comment icon 8 comments

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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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Comment icon #1 Posted by Cookes453 16 years ago
Awesome! I love hearing about this stuff!
Comment icon #2 Posted by witchfinder general 16 years ago
loving the prehistoric monsters!
Comment icon #3 Posted by brlesq1 16 years ago
That is seriously cool!
Comment icon #4 Posted by DONTEATUS 16 years ago
Do you think we should ever clone something like that?
Comment icon #5 Posted by Golden Hawk 16 years ago
Do you think we should ever clone something like that? In words of one syllable . . . 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.za/Academic/Science/GeoScience/BPI - OR - http://www.wiv.edu/earthclaw
Comment icon #6 Posted by fenris1011 16 years ago
I love hearing about this stuff.
Comment icon #7 Posted by Metal Angel 16 years ago
Great news! Very interesting. The pliosaur looks as if it has the body of a manatee and the head of a crocodile.
Comment icon #8 Posted by Metal Angel 16 years ago
Do you think we should ever clone something like that? I don't think that would be a great idea.


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