thanks burrs presents 10 terrifying
prehistoric sea monsters number 1 shasta
soros this prehistoric sea creature
looked very much like the dolphin that
swims in our oceans today however they
were known to grow up to over 65 feet in
length this made them one of the longest
predators in the sea it lived during the
Triassic period over 200 million years
ago
while this creature was one of the
largest to swim in the sea
it wasn't very dangerous it was a
suction feeder and ate mostly fish
number two Dhaka Soros this creature was
first discovered in Germany and it was
known to be one of the top predators in
the sea during the Jurassic period it
had a strange reptilian fishy body over
the years fossil remains have turned up
in England Russia and Argentina it is
most commonly compared to the crocodiles
of today but much more dangerous they
reach a length of 16 feet and when
scientists have studied their teeth they
found them to be one of the most
dangerous prehistoric predators number 3
dallas amadon this was a massive sea
creature that grew up to 40 feet long
it's huge flippers which were 7 feet
long allowed it to swim to the bottom of
the deepest ocean with little effort the
Fallas amadon lived through the Late
Cretaceous period its time on earth came
to an end when large predators like the
mosasaur began roaming the sea number 4
Natha soros fossil evidence suggests
that this creature lived during the
Triassic period over 200 million years
ago
it grew to about 13 feet in length and
was a very aggressive hunter this
creature had very sharp teeth that
pointed outward this suggests that they
fed on squid and fish
because of their reptilian figure and
the fact that they are sleek they were
able to sneak up on their prey easily
number five tylosaurus the tylosaurus is
a species of the mosasaur
and it lived during the Late Cretaceous
period
it was often found in the North American
seas and it could grow to be over 50
feet long after scientists were able to
study the stomach remains of one of
these creatures it is believed that they
were meat eaters with a diverse diet
scientists found the remains of
flightless birds sharks
fish and smaller mosasaurs in its
stomach for several million years these
creatures remained at the top of the
food chain
number six Dalit oricon saref Aegis the
remains of this creature were only
recently discovered it is believed to
have lived during the Triassic period
over 244 million years ago he was an
incredibly large creature and it was the
size of a school bus reaching over 30
feet long it is believed that they were
alive only shortly after the Permian
extinction which was Earth's largest
mass extinction it was during this time
that 95% of the marine life was wiped
out since it lived
shortly after this period scientists
were able to learn a lot about the
ecosystems quick recovery
number seven tennis trophies it is
believed that this creature lived during
the Triassic period close to 215 million
years ago scientists believe that this
creature was not strictly a marine
creature however it did spend most of
its time in the water it had a diet of
mostly fish and could reach lengths of
up to 20 feet in length number eight
liya pleura Don this sea creature lived
in the Seas of Europe during the
Jurassic period
it was known to be one of the top
predators in the ocean it is a marine
reptile that could grow up to 20 feet
long the jaw of this creature is
believed to have been
ten feet long which is roughly the
distance between the typical
floor-to-ceiling number nine Mosasaurus
this creature is thought to be the
largest marine predator that lived
during the Cretaceous period the
creatures head was similar to a
crocodile and its mouth had hundreds of
razor-sharp teeth it could grow up to
fifty feet long and it was known to kill
even the most well armored enemies
number ten Megalodon
one of the ten terrifying prehistoric
sea monsters this is the largest and the
scariest this creature is one of the
largest predators and the largest shark
ever recorded it existed during the
Cenozoic era over 1.5 million years ago
this creature grew up to 65 feet long
and they were considered the top of the
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