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Published online 15 October 1998 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news981015-5
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Mosasaurs were dramatic sea-lizards of the Cretaceous Period, genuine sea-serpents ploughing up the primeval waves in search of prey to dispatch with their fierce-looking teeth.
Ammonites were molluscs, relatives of the modern squid and pearly nautilus, that cruised the seas resplendent in their spiral shells, which were sometimes as big as truck tires.
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