'Red flags' raised over ancient sea monster pulled from Moroccan mine

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'Red flags' raised over ancient sea monster pulled from Moroccan mine
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Jeanne Timmons rediscovered her passion for paleontology later in life and eagerly started writing about it. Her work can be found in Gizmodo, Ars Technica, The New York Times and Scientific American.

The ultimate action-packed science and technology magazine bursting with exciting information about the universeEngaging articles, amazing illustrations & exclusive interviewsResearchers are now calling for computed tomography scans of the remains to verify whether the 72.1 to 66 million-year-old jaw is real after finding a number of discrepancies that indicate it is a fake.

80 million-year-old sea monster jaws filled with giant globular teeth for crushing prey discovered in Texas Two of the mosasaur's closely-packed teeth sit in one tooth socket. This conflicts with all other known mosasaur species, in which each tooth has its own socket, according to the new study. Rather than being constructed out of bone from the jaw, tooth sockets are"made by bone that develops from the tooth itself. Each tooth crown makes its own house," said study co-author, a professor of biological sciences at the University of Alberta.

Additionally, rather than sitting flush within the jaw, two of the teeth also appear to have a little material, or"medial overlap," extending over them on one side. That overlap shouldn't be there in normal mosasaur tooth development.

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