Biggest Sea Reptile in History
In the summer of 2006 a team of Norwegian paleontologists discovered a 15 m long pliosaur at Svalbard, in the Arctic island chain of Svalbard. One year later, 2007, the monster was finally excavated and till now the fossil has been prepared by a team at the Natural History Museum in Oslo.
This is the largest reptile of its type known to science, 20% larger than another massive pliosaur from Australia called Kronosaurus.
“There are a few isolated bones of huge pliosaurs already known, but this is the first find of a significant portion of a whole skeleton of such a giant” - said Angela Milner of the London’s Natural History Museum.
The scientists were able to excavate and recover almost all parts of the pliosaur’s skeleton including the animal’s snout, much of the neck and back, the shoulder girdle and a flipper.
Dr. Hurum and his team have already identified 40 reptiles from Svalbard, including long-necked plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs.
If you are a fan of Scotland’s LochNess monster then you already know what long-necked plesiosaurs looked like. Ichthyosaurs looked more like modern dolphins. Apparently Svalbard is a sea monsters’ Jurassic Park.
Another Svalbard pliosaur – which is believed to be even larger than the one discovered in 2006 – is scheduled to be excavated this summer.
Read more about this discovery at ScienceDaily.
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