The Oldest and Most Complete North American Loch Ness Monster
	One group of huge marine reptiles that dominated the seas during the dinosaur eras (Jurassic and Cretaceous, 200 to 65 Ma ago) was represented by the plesiosaurs, long-necked small-headed carnivore animals with flippers resembling those of the sea turtles. These were the animals that inspired the legend of the Loch Ness monster. Now, one of the oldest North American plesiosaurs, belonging to a completely new lineage in this group, has ... [read more >>]
	25 March 2008, 04:51GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

The Largest Reptile Sea Monster Ever: 15 m (50 ft) Long!
	This seems to be the most extraordinary reptile of the seas to have ever existed. Measuring 15 m (50 ft) in length (as much as a humpback whale) and possessing teeth the size of cucumbers, the giant marine reptile lived 150 million years ago and it was first encountered in Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago located just 800 mi (1,300 km) from the North Pole, by a team led by Jørn Hurum of the Natural History Museum in Oslo, Norway. In th ... [read more >>]
	28 February 2008, 02:47GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia