The first intact example of the "Tyrannosaurus Rex of the sea" - a Pliosaur from 150 million years ago - has been found on Norwegian soil, in Svalbard.
The discovery of the fearsome giant lizard, a sort of massive four-finned crocodile, is expected to make waves in paleontology circles. Until now only smaller parts of the predator, which could be up to 10 meters long, have been found in England, Russia and Argentina. The Svalbard specimen is probably 8-9 meters long.
They also found vertebrae the size of hub caps sticking out of the slate. The expedition found a total of 28 skeletons, 27 of them smaller sea lizards.
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