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Pliosaurus westburyensis
Reconstruction of Pliosaurus westburyensis (AI-generated reconstruction, manually reviewed to ensure consistency with currently accepted reconstructions) Age Jurassic(Kimmeridgian) 151 Ma Taxonomy Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Order: Plesiosauria Family: Pliosauridae Genus: Pliosaurus Species: Pliosaurus westburyensis Morphological description Pliosaurus westburyensis had a relatively narrow, gracile snout, with only slight lateral expansion of the cani

演化之聲
Sep 104 min read


Pliosaurus kevani
Reconstruction of Pliosaurus kevani (AI-generated and manually reviewed to ensure consistency with currently accepted reconstructions) Age Jurassic(Kimmeridgian) 155-154 Ma Taxonomy Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Order: Plesiosauria Family: Pliosauridae Genus: Pliosaurus Species: Pliosaurus kevan Morphological description The holotype of Pliosaurus kevani, DORCM G.13,675, consists of a nearly complete, large skull. The skull measures approximately 200 cm

演化之聲
Sep 95 min read


Pliosaurus funkei
Reconstruction of Pliosaurus funkei(Image source:ДиБгд, CC BY-SA 4.0 ) Age Jurassic(Tithonian) 146 Ma Taxonomy Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Order: Plesiosauria Family: Pliosauridae Genus: Pliosaurus Species: Pliosaurus funkei Morphological description Pliosaurus funkei was established on the basis of two specimens, PMO 214.135 (the holotype) and PMO 214.136. Its most diagnostic combination of characters includes a massive mandibular retroarticular proc

演化之聲
Sep 95 min read


Pliosaurus carpenteri
Reconstruction of Pliosaurus carpenteri (AI-generated reconstruction, manually reviewed for consistency with currently accepted reconstructions) Age Jurassic(Kimmeridgian) 152-151 Ma Taxonomy Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Order: Plesiosauria Family: Pliosauridae Genus: Pliosaurus Species: Pliosaurus carpenteri Morphological description Pliosaurus carpenteri was a giant pliosaurid known from a specimen with a skull and mandible approximately 1.8 m long.

演化之聲
Sep 93 min read


Pliosaurus almanzaensis
Reconstruction of Pliosaurus almanzaensis (AI-generated reconstruction, manually reviewed for consistency with current mainstream reconstructions) Age Jurassic(Tithonian) 144 Ma Taxonomy Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Order: Plesiosauria Family: Pliosauridae Genus: Pliosaurus Species: Pliosaurus almanzaensis Morphological description The holotype of Pliosaurus almanzaensis, MOZ 3728P, preserves an almost complete mandible, the palate, basicranium, hyoid

演化之聲
Sep 94 min read


Pliosaurus brachydeirus
Life reconstruction of Pliosaurus brachydeirus(Image source:Dmitry Bogdanov, CC BY-SA 3.0 ) Age Jurassic(Kimmeridgian) 157.3-152.1 Ma Taxonomy Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Order: Plesiosauria Family: Pliosauridae Genus: Pliosaurus Species: Pliosaurus brachydeirus Morphological description Pliosaurus brachydeirus is currently known with confidence only from the holotype, OXFUM/OUMNH J.9245, and its associated material, which includes portions of the sku

演化之聲
Sep 94 min read


Futabasaurus suzukii
Futabasaurus suzukii Life restoration。by Connor Ashbridge,by CC BY-SA 4.0 。 Age Late Cretaceous (Santonian) 86.3–85 Ma Taxonomy Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Plesiosauria Family: Elasmosauridae Genus: Futabasaurus Species: Futabasaurus suzukii Morphological description Skeletal reconstruction of Futabasaurus suzukii . Photo by Rodrigo (Ueno, Tokyo). Futabasaurus suzukii is an elasmosaurid plesiosaur represented by the holotype specimen NSM PV15

Rodrigo
Apr 64 min read


Liopleurodon ferox
Reconstruction of Liopleurodon ferox (Image source:DiBgd, CC BY-SA 4.0 ) Age Jurassic(Callovian-Kimmeridgian) 166-155 Ma Taxonomy Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Order: Plesiosauria Family: Pliosauridae Clade: Thalassophonea Genus: Liopleurodon Species: Liopleurodon ferox Morphological description Liopleurodon ferox is a pliosaurid (Pliosauridae) short-necked plesiosaur characterized by a reduced cervical region, a robust trunk, and limbs fully modifie

演化之聲
Apr 13 min read


Atopodentatus unicus
Reconstruction of Atopodentatus unicus (Image source:Spinosaurid, CC BY-SA 4.0 ) Age Triassic(Anisian) 247.2-242 Ma Taxonomy Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Superorder: Sauropterygia Genus: Atopodentatus Species: Atopodentatus unicus Morphological description The snout of Atopodentatus unicus is dorsoventrally flattened and expanded laterally into a hammerhead-like structure, with symmetrical transverse projections formed by both the upper and lower jaw

演化之聲
Mar 113 min read
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