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Shaochilong66 β Liopleurodon Is Still King
Published: 2018-02-28 00:09:57 +0000 UTC; Views: 915; Favourites: 42; Downloads: 5
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As I didn't get to include as much as I wanted to with the dorsal cranium comparisons posted prior to this I decided to do one of mandibles,although it unfortunately won't include Pachycostasaurus.Simolestes vorax,mandible length=975 mm (NHM R3319)
Liopleurodon ferox,mandible length=1535 mm (NHM R3536)
"Pliosaurus" andrewsi,mandible length=1145 mm (NHM R3891)
Peloneustes philarchus,mandible length=877 mm (GPIT UNCATALOGUED 2)
All of these have been redrawn and simplified from the thesis on Callovian Pliosaurids by Noe(2001).
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that "pliosaurus andrewsi" jaw looks very similar to the peloneustes...
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It was originally named as a species of Peloneustes,"Peloneustes evansi".
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so its indeterminate atm?
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It will likely get a new genus designated to it at some point,for now it's just indeterminate.
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what about p. rossicus?
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It might get a redescription but it's not exactly being heavily studied as of now.
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UntilΒ Pliosaurus proper showed up that is.
But Lio definitely was the orca of Oxford Clay.Β
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Theres a good chance "Pliosaurus" evolved from either Liopleurodon or something similar to it.
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Well...Liopleurodon has to escape this size debacle with SOME of its dignity intact I guess. Lol
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It stayed the same while Pliosaurus continued to shrink at an alarming rate
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Great, my dude!!
( Also, sorry for blocking you back in late 2016, I know it was totally stupid now.)
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still not as good as Megalneusaurus lmao
Jokes aside, nice scaling!
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based on this Liopleurodon is 245 gigameters
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way to smol buddy
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you have to be smoking if you think it's that small
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