3D model of Lorrainosaurus on a black background. It has an alligator-like head and a closed mouth with lots of teeth poking out. A newfound member of a "dynasty" of pliosaur megapredators was at the ...

KIMMERIDGE, England - There was this thing on the beach. It looked like a tree trunk? But when they saw the fangs, the lethal grin of an apex predator, they knew. They had found a pliosaur, one of the ...

The fossils of a 170-million-year-old ancient marine reptile from the Age of Dinosaurs have been identified as the oldest-known mega-predatory pliosaur -- a group of ocean-dwelling reptiles closely ...

London — The skull of an enormous ancient sea monster called a pliosaur has been pulled from cliffs on the U.K.'s southern Jurassic Coast. The pliosaur was a marine reptile that lived around 150 ...

On a special episode of The Excerpt podcast: The discovery of the fossilized jaw and skull of a pliosaur, a giant prehistoric marine reptile, has set enthusiasts on fire. What might these new bones ...

A team of fossil hunters, led by collector Steve Etches, has uncovered what is thought to be the most complete Jurassic pliosaur skull ever found. Embedded high up on a cliff in Dorset, UK, Etches and ...

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The earliest pliosaur 'megapredator' helped rule the oceans 170 million years ago during the age of dinosaurs. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...