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Here’s what Pliosaurus funkei really looked like: It featured a skull that was about 2.0 to 2.5 meters (6 to 8 feet) in length — not quite twice the size of a T Rex’s skull (1.8 to 2.4 ...

The skull of the other Pliosaurus funkei was a little smaller – between five and six and a half feet long. That’s still an impressive head, but not outside the range of what paleontologists ...

The skull of the other Pliosaurus funkei was a little smaller – between five and six and a half feet long. That's still an impressive head, but not outside the range of what paleontologists have ...

After using CT scans to create a digital model of the Pliosaurus kevani skull, including reconstructing parts of the lower jaw and cranium that are missing, Foffa and coauthors modeled the extent ...

The Pliosaurus kevani, to give it its proper name ... Mr Sheehan, a cafe owner, unearthed fragments of the creature’s 8ft-long skull after they fell from cliffs on the World Heritage Jurassic ...

Researchers found that the Pliosaurus was a female. They discovered this when they analysed the skull crust of the animal. They found that the skull crest was quite low, and that the female skull ...

Named in his honour as Pliosaurus kevani ... "I thought it was fossilised wood and when I found the skull - it was about 70 to 80 kgs - I buried it so that I could get a friend to come and ...

The skull of the other Pliosaurus funkei was a little smaller -- between one and a half and two metres long. That's still an impressive head, but not outside the range of what paleontologists have ...

including the skull and teeth fragments from a large pliosaurus. Dating reveals the fossils are between 145 and 163 million years old, when pliosaurs—a group of long, flippered reptiles—were ...

The animal, now named Pliosaurus funkei, spanned about 40 feet (12 meters) and had a massive 6.5-foot-long (2 m) skull with a bite four times as powerful as Tyrannosaurus rex. "They were the top ...