'Monster' fossil find in Arctic


	'Monster' fossil find in Arctic

invictus

10-5-2006 8:23 PM

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<DIV class="pva">One find has been nicknamed "The Monster"</DIV>
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</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><B>Norwegian scientists have discovered a "treasure trove" of fossils belonging to giant sea reptiles that roamed the seas at the time of the dinosaurs.</B>
</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5403570.stm"><FONT size="2">The 150 million-year-old fossils were uncovered on the Arctic island chain of Svalbard - about halfway between the Norwegian mainland and the North Pole.
</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5403570.stm"><FONT size="2">The finds belong to two groups of extinct marine reptiles - the plesiosaurs and the ichthyosaurs.
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<FONT size="2">One skeleton has been nicknamed The Monster because of its enormous size.
</FONT></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5403570.stm"><FONT size="2">These animals were the top predators living in what was then a relatively cool, deep sea.
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