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A television programme entitled Predator X first aired on History in 2009. It was also featured in the fourth episode of the BBC documentary series Planet Dinosaur in 2011, where it is shown hunting Kimmerosaurus, a smaller plesiosaur.
With a skull twice the size of a tyrannosaurus rex's, and a bite force unmatched by anything in the Jurassic seas, Predator X is the most powerful marine rep...
In 2009, journalists heralded the arrival of “Predator X” – an immense, big-headed marine reptile said to have a bite four times stronger than Tyrannosaurus rex (the perpetual yardstick for all...
Pliosaurus funkei, nicknamed Predator X, was one of the largest pliosaurs known to have ever lived. Considering the festive season, we thought it would be fun to take a look at this Arctic...
Back in 2009, researchers had become quite excited about Predator X, an immense, big-headed marine reptile that was supposed to have a bite four times stronger than Tyrannosaurus rex. Now six years after the initial discovery, the pliosaur has finally been named Pliosaurus funkei.
Pliosaurus Funkei, also known as Predator X, was one of the deadliest dinosaurs to ever swim in our oceans. Steve Backshall looks at whether its jaws could d...
Pliosaurus was a large short-necked plesiosaur that lived during the late Jurassic period (155-145 mya) in Europe. The largest species was Pliosaurus funkei, known informally as "Predator X". P. funkei is known from 2 specimens composed of 20,000 fragments found on the island of Svalbard...
An even larger pliosaur from the Jurassic, dubbed “ Predator X,” was unearthed in Svalbard in 2009. Although it remains unclassified at present, some details are known. Its length and weight are estimated at 15 metres (about 50 feet) long and 45 tonnes (almost 100,000 pounds), respectively.
Now, after years of painstaking analysis of the jaw, vertebrae and forelimbs, the researchers have determined that Predator X is in fact a new species, and they have officially named it for...
Predator X. At 15 metres long and weighing about 45 tonnes, Predator X was the most powerful marine reptile ever discovered. 06 October 2011. 2 minutes.