"Rare Discovery: Ancient Sea Monster Skull Unearthed in UK"

The intact skull of a pliosaur, an ancient ocean predator and the largest carnivorous reptile to have ever lived, has been discovered along the Jurassic Coast in southern England. The more than six-foot-long fossil, found by artist and fossil hunter Philip Jacobs, is considered a "discovery of a lifetime" by experts. Pliosaurs, which reigned at the top of the food chain during the Jurassic Period, were solitary hunters that preyed on other marine reptiles. The complete skull offers new insights into the anatomy and features of these ancient sea monsters.