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Patrick Pester

Giant 'sea dragon' fossil could be largest mosasaur ever discovered in Mississippi

A photograph of a newly discovered mosasaur fossil in a human hand. .

A giant "sea dragon" backbone plucked from a riverbank in Mississippi could belong to the largest mosasaur ever found in the state, scientists say.

Researchers only found a single vertebra from the creature and aren't sure exactly how large the mosasaur was in total, but it is estimated to have been at least 30 feet (9 meters) long, Hattiesburg American reported.

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