Pliosaur Skull | 20 Feb 2025

A massive pliosaur skull (lived 145 million years ago) has been discovered embedded in the Jurassic Coast cliffs in Dorset, England.

The skull was discovered on a cliff near Kimmeridge Bay along the Jurassic Coast, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- The Jurassic Coast, on England’s southern coast, is one of the world's most renowned fossil hotspots.
The skull has a prominent cranial crest, an elongated jawline, and a bite force stronger than that of a Tyrannosaurus rex.
- Tyrannosaurus. rex was a large carnivorous dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period (68–66 million years ago).
Pliosaurs were top predators of the Jurassic oceans and among the deadliest marine reptiles in history.
- Jurassic oceans refer to the vast marine environments that existed during the Jurassic period (199.6 million to 145.5 million years ago).
Possible sensory pits and a parietal eye suggest advanced hunting adaptations, similar to modern crocodiles.