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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 ]
The skull of a pliosaur, a prehistoric sea monster, was discovered on a beach in Dorset, ... Such was the enormous size of the carnivorous marine reptile that the skull, excavated from a cliff ...
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.
Kimmeridge Clay is named after the village of Kimmeridge on the Dorset coast of England, where it is well exposed and forms part of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site. [2] Onshore, it is of Late Jurassic ( Kimmeridgian ) age and outcrops across England, in a band stretching from Dorset in the south-west, north-east to North Yorkshire .
View of the main gallery in The Etches Collection The founder Steve Etches in the workshop at The Etches Collection. The Etches Collection (also known as the Museum of Jurassic Marine Life) [2] is an independent fossil museum located in the village of Kimmeridge, Dorset, England. [3]
However, it was recently argued that its size cannot be currently determined due to their being poorly reconstructed and a length of 12.7 metres (42 ft) metres or less is more likely. [60] MCZ 1285, a specimen currently referable to Kronosaurus queenslandicus , from the Early Cretaceous of Australia , was estimated to have a skull length of 2. ...
Steve Etches, MBE (born in 1949) is an English plumber, fossil collector and preparator in Kimmeridge, on the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset. From an early age on, Etches began to find, collect and restore the fossils he found on the Jurassic Coast .
In 1832, Jonathan the Seychelles giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea hololissa) was born. Although his exact birthdate is unknown, he has been given the official birthday of December 4, 1832.