Giant ‘sea monster’ fossil unearthed in Mississippi mud - Mosasaurs were apex predators, and at their largest, they could ...

When it was pulled from the mud along a creek they realized it was from a sea monster known as a mosasaur and the size of it shocked them. "This is a true, true sea monster," said James Starnes ...

Geologists near Starkville found a bone of a Mosasaurus hoffmannii, one of the biggest species of mosasaurs, which could reach lengths of 50 feet.