“Very Odd” New Sea Monster Identified After Decades of Mystery

This primitive, 85-million-year-old marine reptile was a fierce predator, measuring 12 meters in length. Unlike any known elasmosaur, it hunted its prey from above. A group of elasmosaur fossils—among the most well-known in North America—have now been formally identified as belonging to a “very odd” new genus of marine reptile, unlike any previously described. Named [...]