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    he misspelled as Pliosaurus. As have been noted by several authors, Plesiosaurus (Pleiosaurus) is the original spelling of Pliosaurus, and therefore according...
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    and Pliosaurus.: 72  In 1958, Tarlo instead judges that the largest remains attributed to Peloneustes evansi belong to a new species of Pliosaurus.: 439–441 ...
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    genera, though these are no longer seen as valid. In 1841, Owen named Pliosaurus brachydeirus. Its etymology referred to the earlier Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus...
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  • as a synonym of either Pliosaurus brachydeirus or Pliosaurus brachyspondylus by following authors. Since the name Pliosaurus giganteus had been used...
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  • pliosaurus arrives. Tim disarms Charles, and throws him into the water and the pliosaurus eats Charles as Tim, and Laura rescue Mandy. The pliosaurus...
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    and other plesiosaurs. The largest known species are Kronosaurus and Pliosaurus macromerus; other well known genera include Rhomaleosaurus, Peloneustes...
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  • Kennelly in the PBS Kids animated TV series Martha Speaks and Paulie the Pliosaurus in the PBS Kids animated TV series Dinosaur Train. Ferris was born in...
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    although the union is not as robust as in the pliosaurs Rhomaleosaurus and Pliosaurus. "The palatal bones are thin, but there is no suborbital fenestra." The...
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    are located on the maxilla. Unlike in pliosaurs such as Liopleurodon or Pliosaurus, the maxillary teeth in Megacephalosaurus do not reduce in size towards...
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    Reptilia from the Kimmeridge Clay III: contains Pliosaurus grandis, Pliosaurus trochanterius, and Pliosaurus portlandicus. Palaeontographical Society Monographs...
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  • to instead belong to Pliosaurus, possibly within P. brachydeirus. Another of the species described by Seeley in 1869 was Pliosaurus evansi, based on specimens...
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    vertebrae, including thirteen cervical and five pectoral vertebra. Unlike Pliosaurus, the cervical centra (vertebral bodies) are wider than the dorsals. The...
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    earlier studies in a similar manner) as "all taxa more closely related to Pliosaurus brachydeirus than to Leptocleidus superstes, Polycotylus latipinnis or...
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  • Pliosaurs: Early Jurassic - Late Cretaceous Kronosaurus Liopleurodon Pliosaurus Macroplata Peloneustes Rhomaleosaurus Umoonasaurus Sachicasaurus Ichthyosaurus...
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  • 10.7–13.5 t (24,000–30,000 lb). The largest well known pliosauroid is Pliosaurus funkei at 10–13 m (33–43 ft) in length. With a series of neck vertebrae...
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    Pliosaurus patagonicus Pliosaurus almanzaensis 'Pliosaurus' irgisensis Pliosaurus rossicus Gallardosaurus iturraldei Brachaucheninae...
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    longer necks and smaller heads relatively to advanced pliosaurids like Pliosaurus and Kronosaurus. Rhomaleosauridae is a stem-based taxon defined in 2010...
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    predators, the pliosaurs, grew to the size of killer whales and larger (e.g. Pliosaurus, Liopleurodon). Plesiosaurs became common at this time, and metriorhynchids...
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  • Daspletosaurus Mitchell Duffield as Mookie Maiasaura Alex Ferris as Paulie Pliosaurus Andrew Francis as Patrick Pachycephalosaurus Alberto Gishi as Mitch Michelinoceras...
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  • Inostrancevia in the companion book written by Fletcher 2023 Identified as Pliosaurus in the companion book written by Fletcher 2023 Identified as Phorusrhacos...
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    long-necked forms. Some thalassophonean pliosaurs, such as some species of Pliosaurus, had skulls up to two metres in length with body lengths estimated around...
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    Rock ptarmigan is the only bird to overwinter. Remains of Predator X (Pliosaurus funkei) from the Jurassic period were discovered here. It is one of the...
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    complete skull and 2-metre (6 ft) lower jaw of a new species which was named Pliosaurus carpenteri after its 1994 discoverer, Simon Carpenter. This evidence of...
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    mandible with a few cervical vertebrae, as resembling that of the species Pliosaurus ferox. The specimen had been discovered in 1946 by Cuban farmer Juan Gallardo...
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  • thalassophoneans, consistent with it being among the earliest brachauchenines. Like Pliosaurus, the squamosal bones overlap the rear processes of the jugal bones; it...
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    Liopleurodon Lorrainosaurus Megalneusaurus UANL-FCT-R2? Peloneustes "Pliosaurus" andrewsi Pliosaurus Simolestes Brachaucheninae Acostasaurus Brachauchenius Eiectus...
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  • Predator X is a pliosaur assigned to Pliosaurus funkei. Predator X may also refer to: Predator X (Marvel Comics), a character from X-Men Predator X (TV...
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    similarities with those of Pliosaurus and Polyptychodon. While Karl Alfred von Zittel considers Ischyrodon to be similar to Pliosaurus, British paleontologist...
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  • estimate was later downsized. In 2012, it was given the taxonomic name Pliosaurus funkei. "Monsterdiggers 2008". University of Oslo. "Fossil sea monster...
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  • large prey items, and such ridges are observed in other pliosaurids like Pliosaurus and Liopleurodon, which at times bear additional serration. Compared to...
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