Pliosaur Discovered in England
May 16 , 2023
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- Pliosaur remains were discovered at Oxfordshire's Abingdon County Hall Museum, England.
- Scans on a backbone found the reptile was between 9.8m (32ft) and 14.4 (47ft) long.
- Pliosaurs were a type of short-necked plesiosaur.
- These Marine reptiles was built for speed compared to their long-necked cousins.
- They lived between 220 million years ago (Triassic period) and 70 million years ago (Cretaceous period).
- They were mostly found in the prehistoric seas that covered modern-day Europe.
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