ANCIENT MARINE ANIMALS

FIVE OF THE MOST CREEPY ANCIENT CREATURES FOUND IN THE OCEANS WORLDWIDE

Strange creatures have inhabited our oceans for over half a billion years, and fossilised remains in rocks have revealed their existence and led to fascinating discoveries.

Here are 5 weird ancient sea creatures:

Sea Scorpions

These ocean-dwelling arthropods resembled modern-day scorpions but were significantly larger—even bigger than humans.

Mosasaurs

These marine reptiles roamed the world's oceans, devouring nearly anything that crossed their path—including other mosasaurs.

Lyrarapax Unguispinus

This fierce arthropod was among the world’s earliest apex predators. It was a claw-faced sea predator from the Cambrian period.

Helicoprion

A shark-like fish with a spiral jaw inhabited the oceans from the Devonian to the Triassic period.

Plesiosaurs

These marine reptiles, which had boat-shaped bodies with four flippers, went extinct alongside non-avian dinosaurs at the close of the Cretaceous period.