Jurassic sea monster fossil discovered

The fossil of a Jurassic sea monster dubbed the Loch Storr Monster with a long, toothy mouth buried in a stone sarcophagus has just been discovered by the National Museum.

Sea monster with hundreds of teeth.

This 170 million year old fossil, recently excavated from an ancient rock, is a giant deep sea killer. It is about 4m long and has a long mouth with hundreds of sharp teeth. This reptile belongs to the family of fish lizards, also known as "ichthyosaurs", which became extinct before the dinosaurs.

Dr. Steve Brusatte, School of Geosciences at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, said that the Loch Storr monster-like ichthyosaurs ruled the oceans while dinosaurs roamed the land. They were bigger and scarier than the legendary Loch Ness monster. They lived in Scotland 170 million years ago.

The fossil skeleton was discovered on a beach in the Isle of Skye by an amateur archaeologist in 1966. It was later given to the National Museum of Scotland.

The fossils will be displayed in a number of locations once scientists have completed their analysis.

This fossil will help scientists better understand the species' dominance and extinction on Earth.

According to VietNamnet