You are in the shorelines of Germany, 140 million years ago.

The early Cretaceous sea was deceptively calm, a shimmering mirror reflecting the pale afternoon sun, with pterosaurs soaring and circling above to hunt a school of fish, their bodies highlighting silver within the surface of the water. You continue to sit by the rocky outcrops to document the flying reptiles hunting as they dive head-first, with wings tucked in, into the water to snatch their prey, before remerging from the surface with the fish in their beaks.

Suddenly, the water erupted.

A fifteen-foot, torpedo-shaped predator exploded from the depths, its smooth, scaleless skin flashing in the sun. A Dakosaurus, a marine crocodile with teeth sharper than any modern shark, lunged with terrifying speed. Its bullet-shaped head breached the surface, and just as you know it, its massive jaws closed on a surprised pterosaur from the air in the way. The rest of the flock screeched, launching themselves away from the ocean into the skies with frantic wingbeats.

The Dakosaurus twisted its body, its strong flippers providing incredible agility and with the helpless pterosaur clamped in its devastating jaws, sank back into the murky depths as quickly as it had appeared, leaving bubbles in its wake.

You decided to explore more with this ocean beast at your own risk…