Tag: pliosaur
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Attenborough and the Jurassic Sea Monster
Nature on PBS have posted quite a few of their videos to Youtube. "Attenborough and the Jurassic Sea Monster" was just posted! Follow Sir David Attenborough and a team of forensic experts as they unearth the fossil of a giant Pliosaur, the largest Jurassic predator ever known. Attenborough and the Jurassic Sea Monster premieres on…
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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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Jurassic pliosaur ‘megapredator’ was a giant ‘sea murderer’
Live Science has a story about a “megapredator” of the Jurassic. The new pliosaur species, Lorrainosaurus, lived about 170 million years ago. Pliosaurs ruled the oceans during the Jurassic. This animal was found in the former region of Lorraine (now part of Grand Est) in northeastern France. A paper in the journal Scientific Reports reexamined…
