15 Metre Long Sea Monster Found in Arctic
By admin • Feb 28th, 2008 • Category: Archeology
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The fossil of a 15 metre (50ft) long sea monster found in Arctic Norway is the biggest of its kind known to science. It was twice as big as a killer whale.
The monster had 60 dagger-like teeth in a mouth large enough to bite a small car, researchers say. The lower jaw was about 3 meters (10 ft) long.
The huge pliosaur dated from 150 million years ago was one of the biggest marine reptiles.
The “sea monster” was excavated nearly two years ago on Norway’s Arctic island of Spitsbergen, 1,300 km (800 miles) from the North Pole.
This pliosaur was about 5 meters longer than the previous pliosaur record holder found in Australia.
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