In the US, geologists accidentally found in the swamp the remnants of « sea monster »

Mozavra illustration: Andrey Atuchin/Phys

In the US state of Mississippi, geologists accidentally found fossils of the « marine monster » of the Cretaceous period – Mozavra.

The find was told by scientist James Starns in a comment for a local edition Hattiesburg Americanwrites Popular Science.

Geologists from the environmental department accidentally came across fossil remains near the University of Mississippi in Starkville.

The team of scientists worked on 3D cardboarding of local geological layers, when one of them, Jonathan Lird, lost a collected collection of petrified shells.

In the process of finding lost lirds and Starns, they came across a bone, partially immersed in a mud. At first glance, she did not seem extraordinary.

« She was so great that we did not think about Mozavra at first. But it is possible that it is the biggest copy ever found in Mississippi, » – recalls the Lird.

Usually, representatives of the species Mosasaurus Hoffmannii grew to 15 meters, but, according to scientists, this fossiliness belonged to the individual about 9 meters long.

But even this would be enough for modern people to be afraid to get closer to the water, the curator of paleontology of the Museum of Natural Sciences of George Phillips.

« It’s a real sea monster. He was greater than most dinosaurs who once walked with land. Maximum weight could reach more than 9 tons »– adds Starns.

Fortunately, people appeared on the planet about 300 thousand years ago – much later than Mozavra.

We will remind, earlier in Argentina found A new kind of dinosaurwho lived on Earth 78 million years ago.