Tag: Dorset
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BBC: Pliosaur discovery: Huge sea monster emerges from Dorset cliffs
The BBC has the fascinating story of the discovery of a truly massive pliosaur. A fossil collector, searching the cliffs of Dorset, England, found the tip of the snout of huge pliosaur skull last year. The animal, a pliosaur, lived anount 150 million years ago during the Jurassic Period. The full skull, recovered from the…
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First complete dinosaur skeleton ever found is ready for its closeup at last
Phys.org has a story about a complete dinosaur found on west Dorset’s Jurassic Coast. The skeleton was collected 160 years ago was sent to Richard Owen at the British Museum. The animal lived around 193 million years ago during the early Jurassic Period. The new research was published in the journal Zoological Journal of the…
