O Pliossauro / The Pliosaur

Caçadores de fósseis noruegueses descobriram um monstro jurássico marinho.

O réptil, canívoro, conhecido como pliossauro, tem uma mordida quatro vezes mais forte que a do Tyrannosaurus rex, de 150 kilonewtons (150 mil N).

O bicho viveu há cerca de 147 milhões de anos, e tinha 15 metros de comprimento. os dentes tinham 12 polegadas cada um, o que dá cerca de 30 cm.

A concepção artístitica ilustra o monstro de 45 toneladas, atacando um plesiosauro.

A descoberta de-se no arquipélago de Svalbard, na Noruega.

Norwegian fossil hunters unearth a Jurassic sea monster .

The giant meat-eating reptile, known as a pliosaur, had a bite four times as powerful as Tyrannosaurus rex , about 150 kilonewtons (150,000 N).

Artist's impression of a 45-tonne Pliosaur attacking a Plesiosaur.

The remains of a giant meat-eating sea monster that patrolled the oceans during the reign of the dinosaurs have been unearthed on an island in the remote Arctic archipelago of Svalbard.

Measurements of the partial skull and 20,000 other bone fragments uncovered at the site showed that the creature was at the top of the food chain, preying on squid, fish and other marine reptiles.

The pliosaur's head was twice as big as that of a Tyrannosaurus rex and was filled with an impressive set of 12-inch teeth. Palaeontologists estimate the beast was 15 metres long, weighed 45 tonnes and hunted the oceans 147 million years ago.