Thursday, April 2, 2009
50-ft Jurassic Jaws found in the Arctic
The 147 million year-old fossil remains of a large pliosaur were discovered at the Norwegian Arctic archipelago of Svalbard by scientists from the Natural History Museum of Oslo University. The creature, named "Predator X" by scientists, had a roughly 10-foot-long skull with 1-foot teeth and a bite strength of 33,000 lbs (15 tonnes) per square inch. It is estimated to have weighed 45 tonnes. The remains included a partial skull and 20,000 fragments of skeleton.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090316/sc_nm/us_fossil_seamonster
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