Ancient Giants: Unveiling the Enormous Pliosaurs and Sauropods of the Jurassic Era
Paleontologists from the University of Portsmouth have published a research paper suggesting that a pliosaur species, similar to Liopleurodon, could reach a length of 14.4 meters, twice the size of a killer whale. The discovery of four enormous vertebrates in an Oxfordshire museum has provided more reliable evidence for the size estimate. These pliosaurs, which lived in the Late Jurassic seas, had massive skulls with protruding teeth and were at the top of the marine food chain, likely preying on ichthyosaurs, plesiosaurs, and smaller marine crocodiles. The findings shed light on the existence of truly gigantic pliosaurs and may challenge previous size estimations.