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Fossil of the most fearsome sea-monster - The Predator-X- found

by israeli.agent | March 18, 2009 at 11:38 pm

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The fossil remins of a huge marine monster named as "Predator-X "that is much more fearsome than the movie "Jurassic Park" fame "Tyrannosaurux rex" had been dug up from permafrost on Svalbard, a Norwegian Island.

Analysys showed that with 10 feet long jaws, this monster pliosaur can excert a force of 33000 psi (2320 Kg/cm2) comparing to the 3000 psi (211 Kg/cm2) that can easily crush a 4x4 SUV. Allegators today can excert a force of 2500 psi (176 Kg/cm2). With a specially desighed hind flippers that can give sudden acceleration, this creature is believed to be the one of the most powerful predator ever lived.

A giant fossil sea monster found in the Arctic had a bite that would have been able to crush a 4x4 car, according to its discoverers.

Researchers say the marine reptile, which measured an impressive 15m (50ft) long, had a bite force of about 16 tonnes (35,000lbs).

The creature's partial skull was dug up last summer in the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard by a Norwegian-led team.

Dubbed "Predator X", it patrolled the oceans some 147 million years ago.

Its jaws may have been more powerful than those of a Tyrannosaurus rex, though estimates of the dinosaur's bite vary substantially.

It is thought to belong to a new species of pliosaur - a group of large, short-necked reptiles that lived at the time of the dinosaurs.

But even by the standards of this group, the creature's size has astonished scientists.