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Kronosaurus queenslandicus was a large short-necked pliosaur known from Early Cretaceous marine deposits in Queensland, Australia. It had a massive skull, powerful jaws, large conical teeth, and four flippers used for propulsion, identifying it as an active marine predator rather than a dinosaur. Hi...
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Famous giant pliosaur from Australia; impressive but size and reconstruction history complicate consensus.
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Liopleurodon ferox was a large marine reptile belonging to Pliosauridae, a group of short-necked plesiosaurs with powerful skulls and four flippers. It lived in European seas during the Middle to Late Jurassic and was named by Henri Emile Sauvage in 1873 from distinctive teeth found in France. Fossi...
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Popular pliosaur with inflated media size estimates; real fossil record and impact are more moderate.
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