{
  "id": 1055073,
  "title": "A 30-year-old fossil was hiding bones from a mysterious ancient sea monster",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/a-30-year-old-fossil-was-hiding-bones-from-a-mysterious-ancient-sea",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-15T14:19:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ScienceDaily",
    "slug": "sciencedaily",
    "url": "https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260813045555.htm"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Fossils collected in Osaka more than 30 years ago have revealed a surprise hiding in plain sight: four previously unrecognized bones from a giant Cretaceous mosasaur. Among them is the first confirmed premaxilla—the frontmost bone of the upper jaw—ever identified in a Japanese mosasaur fossil. Even more intriguing, parts of the skull show unusual anatomical features that don’t match known…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}