4.3" Wide, Pliosaurus (Stretosaurus) Vertebra - England

Wide, Pliosaurus (Stretosaurus) Vertebra - England #212844

This is a 4.3" wide vertebra centrum of the giant Pliosaur (Stretosaurus cf. macromerus) from Dorset, England. It was dredged from Weymouth Harbour in Dorset, England and would be Upper Jurassic in age, or approximately 155 million years old.

Comes with an acrylic stand.

Pliosaurus is a genus of large carnivorous marine reptile belonging to the Pliosauroidea, a clade of short-necked plesiosaurs. They were an apex predator during the Middle Jurassic period, when seas covered Europe.

This is Liopleurodon ferox, a species of Pliosaur from the Late Jurassic of Europe. Pencil drawing by Nobu Tamura (http://spinops.blogspot.com).