Photo Gallery Monsters from the Deep
Scientists have stumbled upon a giant dinosaur graveyard on an Arctic island off Norway that appears to be one of the most important discoveries of marine reptiles in decades. Among the most interesting: a giant sea-predator with "teeth as long as cucumbers".
Plesiosaur on the hunt: this "Monster" was terrorized its prey as the Tyrannasaurus Rex of the sea.
Foto: T. Sponga / J.H. Hurum / H.A. Nakrem
Norway's Svalbard islands: underwater 150 million years ago, they are now the site of the biggest marine dinosaur discovery in decades.
Foto: Natural History Museum, University of Oslo / Norway
Norwegian researcher Hurum with the remains of the ten meter long "Monster".
Foto: Natural History Museum, University of Oslo / Norway
Snout of the plesiosaur, highlighted are parts that have previously been collected.
Foto: Natural History Museum, University of Oslo / Norway
Ichthyosaurs made tasty meals for the "Monster".
Foto: T. Sponga / J.H. Hurum / H.A. Nakrem
A restored ichtyosaur skull at the University of Oslo.
Foto: Natural History Museum, University of Oslo / Norway
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