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How ferocious are the Cretaceous ocean monsters | sharks in "Universal Boy"?

If "Jurassic Park" shoots an ocean version and encounters the BUG-like existence of Shanghai Wang Long, then the ending... Don't think about it, the picture is too bloody anyway and will not be introduced.

How ferocious are the Cretaceous ocean monsters | sharks in "Universal Boy"?

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How ferocious are the Cretaceous ocean monsters | sharks in "Universal Boy"?

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Neptune lived in the Cretaceous ocean about 80 million years ago and was the largest marine creature of the Cretaceous period!

How ferocious are the Cretaceous ocean monsters | sharks in "Universal Boy"?

Neptune dragon genus (genus name: Tylosaurus), also known as tumourosaurus, knotted dragon, meaning "tumored lizard", belongs to the family " , is a giant dragon , they are closely related to modern monitor lizards , snakes. Like plesiosaurs, sharks, fish, and other dragons, Neptunosaurus was the dominant predator in the western inland waterways of the Late Cretaceous Period.

How ferocious are the Cretaceous ocean monsters | sharks in "Universal Boy"?

Before the advent of dinosaurs, shark ancestors had lived in the ocean for a long time (it is said that there were 300 million years), but the appearance of Neptune broke the original leisurely life of sharks. Sharks don't even have a chance to fight, because in front of Neptune, which can reach a length of about 14 meters (45 feet), the shark is as small as an appetizer.

How ferocious are the Cretaceous ocean monsters | sharks in "Universal Boy"?

What's even more frustrating is that you can't fight and can't escape! Because neptune's upper jaw had a row of inner teeth, it was used to drag prey that tried to escape.

How ferocious are the Cretaceous ocean monsters | sharks in "Universal Boy"?

Platts Neptune (T. Platts) Proriger, Hyacinosaurus, and Mosasaurus hoffmanni are among the most massive dragons, reaching 14 meters or more in length. Neptune is characterized by an elongated, cylindrical premaxilla that can be used to impact, stun prey, or fight within species. Fossils of Neptune show that they were ferocious predators, finding a fairly diverse diet from their stomachs, including fish, sharks, small dragons, plesiosaurs, and the dusk bird, an incapable diving bird.

How ferocious are the Cretaceous ocean monsters | sharks in "Universal Boy"?

Such a powerful "monster" has almost no opponent in the ocean, and when you see a creature larger than a shark, you don't say hello and eat it directly!

How ferocious are the Cretaceous ocean monsters | sharks in "Universal Boy"?

But Neptune was not a fish, but a marine reptile that needed to surface to breathe, just like the whales in the ocean today.

How ferocious are the Cretaceous ocean monsters | sharks in "Universal Boy"?

Finally, no matter how dangerous it is, you must take a selfie, because the slogan of the little terrorists is - no selfie is better to die! ^@^

How ferocious are the Cretaceous ocean monsters | sharks in "Universal Boy"?

In the National Geographic documentary Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure, there is a more detailed introduction to Neptune, the top Cretaceous predator

Ref:

Bell GL. Jr. 1997. Part IV: Mosasauridae - Introduction. pp. 281-292 In: Callaway J. M. and E. L Nicholls, (eds.), Ancient Marine Reptiles, Academic Press, 501 pages.

Everhart MJ. 2001. Revisions to the biostratigraphy of the Mosasauridae (Squamata) in the Smoky Hill Chalk Member of the Niobrara Chalk (Late Cretaceous) of Kansas. Kansas Academy of Science, Transactions 104 (1-2): 56-75.

Everhart MJ. 2002. New data on cranial measurements and body length of the mosasaur, Tylosaurus nepaeolicus (Squamata; Mosasauridae), from the Niobrara Formation of western Kansas. Kansas Academy of Science, Transactions 105 (1-2): 33-43.

Everhart MJ. 2005. Earliest record of the genus Tylosaurus (Squamata; Mosasauridae) from the Fort Hays Limestone (Lower Coniacian) of western Kansas. Transactions 108 (3/4): 149-155.

Everhart MJ. 2005. Oceans of Kansas - A Natural History of the Western Interior Sea. Indiana University Press, 322 pp.

How ferocious are the Cretaceous ocean monsters | sharks in "Universal Boy"?

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