‘Prehistoric sea monster’ causes scare on NJ beach

A funny-looking fish was found on a New Jersey beach last week, so naturally tabloid headlines declared it monstrous. The creature, discovered by a woman in Island Beach State Park during a jog Wednesday, was an Atlantic sturgeon, which is indeed a prehistoric fish species, with fossils appearing as early as the Triassic Period, between 251 million and 199 million years ago.

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