Terrifying prehistoric lizard discovered 科學傢發現史前巨型海蜥蜴化石

科學傢們稱，他們發現瞭一個 “如噩夢似的” 海蜥蜴化石，這種名為 “Khinjaria acuta” 的海蜥蜴 6600 萬年前在海洋中捕食。它們長約 26 英尺（8 米），與虎鯨的大小不相上下，還長著 “匕首般的” 牙齒。

Huge teeth like daggers and positively demonic, that’s how one researcher describes the giant sea lizard that lived alongside dinosaurs about 66 million years ago, just before they went extinct.

長有匕首大小的巨大牙齒，猶如惡魔。這是一位研究人員對這種巨型海蜥蜴的描述，大約 6600 萬年前，就在恐龍滅絕之前，這種海蜥蜴曾與恐龍生活在一起。

The creature was some eight metres long with powerful jaws able to swallow and rip apart even enormous prey. The lizard was the top predator of the ocean in warm seas full of food, and was an ancient relative of today’s komodo dragons and anacondas. The findings are based on a skull and skeletal remains uncovered at a phosphate mine southeast of Casablanca in Morocco.

這種巨型海蜥蜴長約八米，長有強大的顎部，能夠吞下並撕裂巨大的獵物。在食物豐盈的溫暖海域，它們是海洋中的頂級掠食者，也是生活在今日的科莫多巨蜥和水蚺的遠古親戚。上述發現是基於從摩洛哥卡薩佈蘭卡東南部磷酸鹽礦區出土的一個頭骨和骨骼殘骸。