Giant dinosaur-era sea monster found on an Arctic island

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"A dinosaur-era Davy Jones's locker of large, predatory sea reptiles—including a giant that scientists have nicknamed "the Monster"—has been discovered by fossil hunters on an Arctic island. The ancient graveyard once lay deep underwater during the Jurassic period, about 200 million to 145 million years ago. The site now sits on the island of Spitsbergen, part of the Norwegian-owned Svalbard archipelago, which lies about 600 miles (966 kilometers) from the North Pole (map of Norway).

In total, 28 well-preserved skeletons of marine reptiles that lived some 150 million years ago have been identified at the site, reports a team from the University of Oslo Natural History Museum in Norway. The fossil haul includes the Monster, an estimated 33-foot-long (10-meter-long) pliosaur that has not yet been fully excavated. (See images of the newly found sea monster.) "
  • added November 08, 2008
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13 responses // Giant dinosaur-era sea monster found on an Arctic island

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    Yeah, ancient surf and turf!!

    thorstein
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    surfersvillage is great web site

    HolyCity2012
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    Why do users rip off links instead of linking to the original story? Why link to surfervillage (where most of the links have been dropped) instead of nationalgeographic.com (Where the links work properly)??

    VicinSea
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    Could this be the Biblical Leviathan?

    ashcatash
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    It is said that Leviathan covered the Earth, so no, 33 feet is not long enough.

    Leviathan is a name of one of the greater demons of hell, look it up..

    edit: I did spiritual battle against the leviathan in a dream in 2004.

    zealotohio
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    How old is the earth anyways? 6000 years ?

    runnerr0
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    You know, things have been known to completely disintegrate in less time! And it's not like they haven't found 70 million year old dinosaurs still gewy!

    thorstein
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    Nessy?

    Bigdog_mike
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    Just when I thought you folks were going to get deep wth me.Even Thorstein..... gotta love that face.

    bmltv
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    So much more to discover!!! I wonder what we will find after the ice caps melt!??

    regjoeschmo
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    That picture is creepy...

    lauravan

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