Read previewThe seven-foot-long skull of a fearsome 150-million-year-old sea monster has gone on display in Dorset in the UK, as scientists race to find the rest of its body.
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The skull of the 39-foot-long pliosaur, a Jurassic predator described as an "underwater T. Rex," comes complete with 130 razor-sharp teeth.
The pliosaur skull discovered in Dorset, UK.
"I stake my life the rest of the animal is there," palaeontologist Steve Etches who found the skull, told BBC News .
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