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One of the plesiosaurs of Jurassic period of Mesozoic era is a simolestes – 6 m marine predator with 1 m skull and pack of teeth on ends of jaws. Earlier it was thought, that animal hunted on large prey and teared off large chunks of meat by rotating, like today’s crocodiles do; but modern … Continue reading Simolestes – plesiosaur from late Jurassic period with pack of teeth on the ends of jaws

Among long-necked plesiosaurus there were animals with diamond-shaped tail fin, similar to one, which flying pterosaurs rhamphorhynchus had, for example, seeleyosaurus. They lived on Earth in the beginning of Jurassic period of Mesozoic era; animals had large paws-fins, with which were able to perform alternating or simultaneous swings, achieving high acceleration and maneuverability. Seeleyosaurus ate … Continue reading Seeleyosaurus – long-necked plesiosaurus with diamond-shaped tail fin

In Triassic period of Mesozoic era lakes, seas and oceans were already inhabited by large reptiles, for example, ceresiosaurus were among them – ancestors of plesiosaurus, which appeared in a later Jurassic period. They reached in length 3 m and already had much of the features of a plesiosaurus : long neck, small head and … Continue reading Ceresiosaurus – ancestor of plesiosaurus from Triassic seas of Mesozoic era

In Jurassic seas of Mesozoic era different animals lived : among them there were liopleurodons – reptiles belonging to plesiosaurs, which had teeth like of modern orcas. Their scientific name is translated from Ancient Greek as “having smooth sided teeth“, they grew up to 7 m in length, had mass around 1 – 1.7 tons … Continue reading Liopleurodon – orca-teeth plesiosaurus of Jurassic period of Mesozoic era