Scientists have discovered fossils of a new species of a large predatory marine reptile in Russia – dating back to 130 million years – which survived the last Jurassic extinction event. Pliosaurs are characterised by a large, 2-metre long skull, enormous teeth and extremely powerful jaws, making them the top predators of oceans during the ‘Age of Dinosaurs’.
They belong to a group of Plesiosaur marine reptiles – the most diverse and one of longest-lived aquatic four-limbed creatures, which possess an unusual body shape not seen in other marine vertebrates with four large flippers, a stiff trunk, and a highly varying neck length.-read more
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