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Eleven-year-old girl’s fossil find leads to discovery of largest known sea reptile

Source: Sergey Krasovskiy

A fossil find by 15-year-old Ruby Reynolds in the UK has led to the discovery of a new giant sea reptile species that could have been over 25m in length.

In May 2020, Ruby, who was then 11-years-old and her father Justin Reynolds, .

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