Palaeo Jo's Feature fossil.

Pliosaur Vertebra

This Pliosaur Vertebra is from the Lower Oxford Clay. Upper Jurassic, Orton peterborough.

Pliosaurs were marine reptiles.

A Pliosaur was a short necked plesiosaur, having a large head and many sharp teeth. The Oxford clay Pliosaurs were the largest marine reptiles of the era. They lived on fish, belemnites, and other smaller marine reptiles, and grew to 15metres or more in length.

Line drawing of a Pliosaur.

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