Q. The term "Wakayama Soryu" that was recently in news, denotes __:
Answer: A fossil
Notes: The apex predator mosasaur fossil discovered in Japan's Wakayama Prefecture has been named 'Wakayama Soryu' which means Blue Dragon. The nearly complete 72 million-year old fossil was discovered by researcher Akihiro Misaki in 2006 and has recently been detailed in a study published in the Journal of Systematic Paleontology. The revelation of this massive sea monster, which had a crocodile-like head and paddle-shaped flippers, provides new insights into the prehistoric marine predators.

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