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The size of Pliosaurus has been debated among paleontologists. Specimens of P. funkei were initially estimated to reach a total body length of 10–13 metres (33–43 ft), with estimated skull lengths of 1.6–2 m (5.2–6.6 ft) for the holotype (PMO 214.135) and 2–2.5 m (6.6–8.2 ft) for the referred specimen (PMO 214.136). [ 8 ]
Pliosaurus size chart Pliosaurus funkei size obtained from vertebral measurements provided by description (Knutsen 2012): (Vertebral count obtained from Páramo et al 2016 (Stenorhynchosaurus munozi description, VL17052004-1, has a complete skeleton missing only the tail) and Kronosaurus (info from the supplementary materials of Knutsen 2012 ...
Size comparison between a human and two species of Basilosaurus, B. cetiodes (dark blue) and B. isis The heaviest archeocete , and possibly the heaviest known mammal was Perucetus , with weight estimated at 85–340 t (84–335 long tons; 94–375 short tons), while length is estimated at 17.0–20.1 meters (55.8–65.9 ft), [ 111 ] possibly ...
Pliosauroidea is an extinct clade of plesiosaurs, known from the earliest Jurassic to early Late Cretaceous.They are best known for the subclade Thalassophonea, which contained crocodile-like short-necked forms with large heads and massive toothed jaws, commonly known as pliosaurs.
The largest of the monitor lizards (and the largest extant lizard in genera) is the Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis), endemic to the island of its name, at a maximum size of 3.13 m (10.3 ft) long and 166 kg (366 lb), although this is currently the only record that places the mass above 100 kg (220 lb). [1]
Pliosauridae was formally named by Harry G. Seeley in 1874. [2]Pliosauridae is a stem-based taxon defined in 2010 (and in earlier studies in a similar manner) as "all taxa more closely related to Pliosaurus brachydeirus than to Leptocleidus superstes, Polycotylus latipinnis or Meyerasaurus victor". [3]
In 1999, the size of Liopleurodon was greatly exaggerated in the BBC documentary series Walking with Dinosaurs, depicted as reaching 25 m (82 ft) in length. However, the different attributed specimens show that the animal could reach a size ranging from 4 to 8 m (13 to 26 ft) long, with some researchers estimating a maximum length of ...
In general, plesiosaurians varied in adult length from between 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) to about 15 metres (49 ft). The group thus contained some of the largest marine apex predators in the fossil record, roughly equalling the longest ichthyosaurs, mosasaurids, sharks and toothed whales in size.