The show documents the excavation of a giant pliosaur on an island in the Norwegian Svalbard archipelago.
[1] The special follows Dr. Jørn Hurum and a team of paleontologists from the University of Oslo as they excavate the site.
[3][4] The initial discovery was made in 2006, as part of a find of dozens of pliosaur and plesiosaur specimens.
First estimates were of nearly 15 m (49 ft) in length, "The Monster" is the largest pliosaur skeleton ever discovered, considerably larger than Kronosaurus.
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