30-year-old fossil in Japanese museum rock may be unknown sea reptile

Remains of an undiscovered species of mosasaurLet us accept it: science never fails to amaze the human mind, and sometimes, the greatest science isn’t happening in deserts or deep oceans. It’s hiding in museum collections, waiting for a second look. That’s exactly what happened in Japan, where a fossil remained buried in a rock specimen for nearly 30 years before researchers uncovered a remarkable surprise. According to reports, fossil bones from what initially seemed to be a typical museum specimen could be the remains of an undiscovered species of mosasaur, a massive marine reptile that dominated the oceans during the age of dinosaurs. Scroll down to read the details.The secret of a 30-year-old specimenAccording to reports, it was discovered by a team of researchers from Okayama Universi