Sea Monsters: Prehistoric Ocean Predators contains more than 70 displays of fossils and fossil casts, including a 13-metre-long marine reptile Elasmosaurus and 9-metre long marine lizard Prognathodon. Given how dinosaurs ruled the land and the monstrous prehistoric reptiles stalked the depths, their genetic makeup couldn’t be more different. RICKY WILSON/Stuff The Kronosaurus jaw is “a really rare material,” said palaeontologist and curator of the exhibition Dr Espen Knutsen. “They have similar lifestyles, which is fascinating, but different ancestral origin.”RICKY WILSON/Stuff The exhibition focuses on the three major groups of prehistoric ocean predators: ichthyosaurs, plesiosaurs and mosasaurs. RICKY WILSON/Stuff The museum exhibition runs until late October.

Source: Stuff July 03, 2021 16:52 UTC