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Message: <blockquote data-quote="imhotep" data-source="post: 29433379" data-attributes="member: 562115">Researchers have described a Japanese Mosasaur the size of a great white shark that terrorized Pacific seas 72 million years ago.Extra-long rear flippers might have aided propulsion in concert with its long finned tail. And unlike other Mosasaurs, or large extinct marine reptiles, it had a dorsal fin like a shark’s that would have helped it turn quickly and with precision in the water.The mosasaur was named for the place where it was found, Wakayama Prefecture. Researchers call it the Wakayama Soryu, which means blue dragon. Dragons are creatures of legend in Japanese folklore.  In China, dragons make thunder and live in the sky. They became aquatic in Japanese mythology.The specimen is the most complete skeleton of a Mosasaur ever found in Japan or the northwestern Pacific.<a href="https://imgbox.com/5a3PFxre" target="_blank"><img src="https://thumbs2.imgbox.com/10/be/5a3PFxre_t.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="https://imgbox.com/ji1D9eC6" target="_blank"><img src="https://thumbs2.imgbox.com/c0/aa/ji1D9eC6_t.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></blockquote>

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