"Moroccan Mine Yields Fossil of Nightmarish Sea Lizard with Dagger-Like Teeth"
Fossils of a new prehistoric marine lizard species, named Kinjaria acuta, have been discovered in Morocco. Estimated to be about 25 feet long, the creature had a skull roughly the size of a contemporary orca and is believed to have been an apex predator 66 million years ago. The species, a mosasaur, had a "demonic" appearance with teeth like knives and is thought to have inhabited the eastern Atlantic Ocean near Morocco. The discovery suggests a diverse marine fauna in the Late Cretaceous period, with other large predatory creatures potentially coexisting in the same region.
