Sea "Monster" Found

Artist's depiction of the pliosaur.

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Giant reptiles populated the seas at the time of the dinosaurs. Norwegian palaeontologists from the University of Oslo have uncovered fossils of gigantic creatures in the Arctic island chain of Svalbard. The fossils belong to plesiosaur and ichtyosaur skeletons. One speciman, believed to be a 26-foot pliosaur, has been dubbed "the Monster" because of its size. The Monster had teeth as large as bananas. The remains are thought to be from 150 million years before present.

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