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A family boat trip turned into a paleontology breakthrough when restless kids discovered the bones of a massive ancient sea predator on a Texas lakeshore. Forty-five years later, scientists officially named it Tylosaurus rex.
A dolphin-like predator with severe injuries adapted its diet and lived on despite having damaged jaws that should have made hunting impossible. Scientists found stomach stones and worn teeth proving the 21-foot ichthyosaur found a way to survive in ancient seas.
Scientists in Japan discovered extinct octopuses that grew up to 60 feet long and hunted massive marine reptiles millions of years ago. New technology is finally revealing these soft-bodied predators that dominated ancient oceans alongside T. rex on land.
Scientists discovered fossil jaws proving that 60-foot octopuses were apex predators in the age of dinosaurs, challenging everything we thought we knew about ancient oceans. These intelligent giants used powerful beaks and flexible arms to crush prey alongside fearsome marine reptiles.
A fossilized skull discovered in Mexico 25 years ago has finally been identified as a brand new species of prehistoric marine reptile. Scientists named the 20-foot ocean predator Prognathodon cipactli after an Aztec mythological creature.
A young fossil hunter on a beach walk in England just helped scientists discover a marine reptile as big as a blue whale that ruled the oceans 202 million years ago. The finding proves that giants thrived in Earth's ancient seas far earlier than anyone knew.
Rock climbers in Italy stumbled upon hundreds of tracks from ancient sea turtles fleeing an underwater earthquake 79 million years ago. The discovery reveals a dramatic moment frozen in time when marine reptiles escaped an avalanche on the ancient seafloor.