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Miners were hunting for a rainbow-coloured, opal-like gemstone for jewellery They found a type of mosasaur — a marine reptile from the time of the dinosaurs Its fossilised skeleton is almost entirely complete and only missing its flippers Mosasaurs were arch predators with fearsome teeth for gobbling up their preyBy Ian Randall For MailonlinePublished: 12:23 EDT, 5 July 2019 | Updated: 12:25 EDT, 5 July 2019Hunting for shiny, rainbow-coloured gemstones, miners found a different kind of treasure — a wonderfully preserved fossil skeleton of an ancient sea monster.The marine reptile lived 70 million years ago — at the same time as the dinosaurs — and was unearthed from a part of Alberta, Canada, that used to be underwater.The skeleton of the fearsome predator has, rarely, been very well preserved, with only its flippers missing.... https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7216989/Gemstone-miners-Canada-accidentally-stumbled-fossil-ancient-sea-monster.html
Not Mobysaurus or Orcasaurus? Interesting stuff.
