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Published: 2010-07-12 10:09:51 +0000 UTC; Views: 16745; Favourites: 285; Downloads: 0
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Giant pliosaur (based on photo of almost 3 m long mandible) eat a metriorhynchid. From the Kimmeridge Clay of Cumnor, Oxfordshire.Related content
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The Cumnor Monster, Pliosaurus macromerus.
Estimated size at 13 m, 20 tonnes by McHenry in his 2009 thesis about pliosaurs, making it the largest confirmed pliosaur.
Though it appears the 3 m mandible could be way too much reconstructed, resulting in an animal just comparable to Kronosaurus (11 m).
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According to my one of the good paleo artists, Harry the Fox, he said that they were probably 14-15 meters long.
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i think thats a genus not species
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So is Liopleurodon.
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I'm glad I didn't have to go fishing in the cretaceous. Β
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That is the Jurassic.
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my bad....cretaceous had sea scorpions and what not
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Sea scorpions are Paleozoic, the Cretaceous had mosasaurs.
But yes, you would not want to pull ANY of the three onto your boat.
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Ergo the reason I never became a paleontologist Β
I'd love to be able to go back in time and get some video footage of all those creatures. Β
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I hope you don't cause a temporal paradox....
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Only if I fix my toaster with a fork like Homer.
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Imagine if that Metriorhynchid is a Great White Shark...
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For my lovely brother, Alan from Australia!
There is a new version of my Dimorphodon:
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I try to correct my illustration again according to several advice by my friends....... I would like to acknowledge Alan from my close friends, specially Dr. Dmitry Bogdanov (from Russia) for his scientific guide and favor!
Best wishes for you and your family, Amin
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Magnificent! If this Predator X, it's been named Pliosaurus funkei.
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Unnamed giant pliosaur from Oxford Clay, known on mandible.
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I love how the pliosaur fills up the picture.
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Nicely done...That is the one they called as Predator X..Is that right ?
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make it bigger and you have predator x. pliosaurs are downright vicious, like great white mixed with killer whale.
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Wow, you weren't kidding. This thing IS a giant.
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I wish, they would still live today! Swimming would be an adventure^^
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YOUR WORK IS SU-WEET,AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWSUM!..IM A PALEOFICTION WRITER AND I LOVE THIS SHOT!
ALL MY RESPECT-KENNEY
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Has the pliosaur been scientifically discribed yet?
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As I know - no. It can be "Pliosaurus" macromerus.
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