150-Million-Year-Old Pliosaur Skull Unveiled in Dorset
The 'ultimate killing machine' with twice the bite force of today's saltwater crocodile, the pliosaur's discovery was documented in a BBC One show featuring Sir David Attenborough.
- The 2-meter long skull of a pliosaur, a 150-million-year-old sea monster, has been discovered and put on display in Dorset, UK.
- The pliosaur, a marine predator, had twice the bite force of today's saltwater crocodile and is described as the 'ultimate killing machine'.
- The skull was found by fossil hunter Steve Etches and his team, who extracted it from a cliff face along the Jurassic coast.
- Scientists are now racing against time to find the rest of the creature's body, which they believe is still embedded in the rapidly eroding cliff.
- The discovery and extraction process was documented in a BBC One show, 'Attenborough and the Giant Sea Monster', featuring Sir David Attenborough.
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