New Type of Plesiosaur Found In Arctic

Halfway between the Norwegian mainland and the North Pole lies the Svalbard Islands. And it must be the place to find plesiosaur remains. The remains of a new type of prehistoric reptile were found there, similar to the ones found about a year ago. Initial excavation of the site in August yielded the remains, teeth, skull fragments and vertebrae of a reptile estimated to measure nearly 40 feet long. The plesiosaur was a short-necked was a voracious reptile often called to the Tyrannosaurus-rex of the oceans. Mark Evans, a plesiosaur expert at the Leicester City Museums in Britain, said "We are regularly seeing new species of plesiosaurs popping up - in a way because, in the past 10 or 15 years, there has been what we call a renaissance in plesiosaur research."

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