Fossil sea monster big enough to 'bite a car'
(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-02-28 10:03
An artist's impression shows the 15 metre (50 ft) long "sea monster" (bottom) found in Arctic Norway, that was the biggest of its kind known to science, when compared to a killer whale (top), a blue whale (centre) and a human diver. With dagger-like teeth in a mouth large enough to bite a small car, the 150-million year old dinosaur-era pliosaur, a fierce marine repitle, was about five metres (16 ft 5 in) longer than the previous pliosaur record holder found in Australia, researchers said on February 27, 2008. [Agencies]
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