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Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure
“Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure” brings
to life the extraordinary marine reptiles of the dinosaur
age on the world’s biggest screens. The film follows
a family of Dolichorhynchops, also known informally as “Dollies,” as
they traverse ancient waters populated with saber-toothed
fish, prehistoric sharks and giant squid. On their journey
the Dollies encounter other extraordinary sea creatures:
lizard-like reptiles called Platecarpus that swallowed
their prey whole like snakes; Styxosaurus with necks
nearly 20 feet long and paddle-like fins as large as
an adult human; and at the top of the food chain, the
monstrous Tylosaurus, a predator with no enemies.
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“Sea
Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure” is a
remarkable visual journey that also educates audiences on
the “How do we know that?” side of paleontology.
Do scientists need full skeletons to learn about these creatures?
Not always, as we learn from shark teeth found throughout
the central United States, proof that these modern-day hunters
were thriving during the age of dinosaurs when Kansas was
at the bottom of the sea. How do we know what these creatures
ate, and what pursued them? The shapes of jaws and teeth
provide dietary clues, and occasionally paleontologists are
lucky enough to discover bones of one species inside the
remains of another. In fact, one fossilized Xiphactinus,
a 17-foot-long predatory fish, was found with an entire 6-foot
fish inside — swallowed whole.
