MARINE VERTEBRATE FOSSILS
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Ancient
legends are abound with "sea monsters" but the most far-fetched
imagination can't compare to the terrifying truth of what really lived in
the prehistoric seas. Huge 50 foot sharks that had
teeth the size of
dinner When you start to envision the sizes of so many of these creatures it becomes almost impossible to believe how terrifying the prehistoric oceans must have been and just how dangerous it would have been to swim in them. EVERYTHING seemed to have quite an abundance of LARGE teeth!
Could any of these beasts have survived up to the last few hundred years? With so many cultures scattered across the globe sharing their own versions of tales of "sea monsters", one has to wonder what was the source of these legends' origins? |
According to scientific terminology, these large dinosaur-like creatures that lived in the prehistoric seas are not considered dinosaurs but are classified as "marine reptiles" and therefore, are listed here in this section apart from the DINOSAUR section.
The marine vertebrate specimens we offer are not limited to what is just shown here. Please inquire as to any of your specific needs. Our contact with direct sources can be most valuable to all your desires and many more specimens are always in various states of preparation than are just listed here.
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plates and jaws in excess of 7 feet.
Snake-like Mosasaurs
over 40 feet in length that possessed ferocious appetites and 6 foot
tooth-filled jaws. There were schools of fish larger than a
man that had sabre-toothed fangs longer than your index finger able to
pierce and devour anything that would get in their way. If I lived
in those days, I wouldn't even put a boat on the ocean! 
In
this section we include not only large marine reptiles but a variety of
other marine
vertebrates. Sharks of all types along with skates and rays, fish, tortoises,
turtles and anything else that
possessed a spine and lived in the seas can be found below. While we
have labeled this category "marine" vertebrates, we also have
included many prehistoric creatures that had once lived in freshwater such
as amphibians and freshwater bony fish.
