"Truly gigantic" Jurassic sea monster discovered by chance in museum

The fossilised remains of a “truly gigantic” ancient sea monster have been discovered by chance in an English museum, revealing one of the largest carnivores to ever stalk the seas

- BEN TURNER

The four bones are vertebrae from an unknown species of Jurassic predator called a pliosaur and show that the dagger-toothed creatures could grow almost 15 metres long – twice the size of an orca (Orcinus orca). The new finding drastically revises previous estimates for the scale of the prehistoric monsters.