A huge skeleton from the Jurassic era of a ‘sea monster’ called Elasmosaurus has been installed as part of the university’s natural history collections. The cast skeleton is 13 metres long ...

SCIENTISTS have finally cracked the mystery behind a "very odd" long-necked sea monster found on the coast ... The bizarre elasmosaurus is actually one of North America's most famous fossils ...

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The reptiles likely lived in the continental sea that covered North America during the late Cretaceous period. The first elasmosaurus specimen found west of the Rockies was near Courtenay ...

Parking: Media may park in the service area behind the building. Please display credentials. Event details: Come and see the Elasmosaurus—an ancient marine reptile ...

You may like Giant 85 million-year-old mystery sea monster fossil finally identified ... were particularly interested in the necks of Elasmosaurus individuals — which in some cases measured ...

The neck of Elasmosaurus has 72 vertebrae ... The final evolutionary radiation of sea monsters had begun and competition was fierce. “Mosasaurs were getting into vicious fights with one another ...

"Some Late Cretaceous plesiosaurs [100 million to 66 million years ago] such as Elasmosaurus even had 72 ... fishes and other sea creatures. "They had originated right after the extinction ...

Sea Monsters, opening to the public on Wednesday ... from gigantic specimens to Aotearoa – including a 13-metre long Elasmosaurus and 9-metre Prognathodon. Tickets are on sale on Wednesday ...

Click on a head for handy fact pages about extinct sea animals featured in the 2003 series Sea Monsters. Photos and facts are from the programmes. Related Links Elsewhere on Prehistoric Life ...