A 30-year-old fossil was hiding bones from a mysterious ancient sea monster

ScienceDaily
Aug 15, 2026, 10:19 am115 ptsTrending
Fossils collected in Osaka more than 30 years ago have revealed a surprise hiding in plain sight: four previously unrecognized bones from a giant Cretaceous mosasaur. Among them is the first confirmed premaxilla—the frontmost bone of the upper jaw—ever identified in a Japanese mosasaur fossil. Even more…

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