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Jeanne Timmons

FOUND: Red flags raised over ancient sea monster pulled from moroccan mine - You Need To See This

An illustration of two mosasaurs swiming underwater.

A never-before-seen mosasaur species first described in 2021 may be based on forged fossils, a new study suggests.

Researchers are now calling for computed tomography (CT) scans of the remains to verify whether the 72.1 to 66 million-year-old jaw is real after finding a number of discrepancies that indicate it is a fake.

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