species of Pliosaurus measured around 8 metres (26 ft) long and weighed about 5 metric tons (5.5 short tons), but P. rossicus and P. funkei would have...
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an undescribed plesiosaur that was named Predator X, now known as Pliosaurus funkei, were unearthed in Svalbard. It had a length of 12 m (39 ft), and...
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7–13.5 t (24,000–30,000 lb). The largest well known pliosauroid is Pliosaurus funkei at 10–13 m (33–43 ft) in length. With a series of neck vertebrae from...
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presacral vertebrae, including 13 cervical and 5 pectoral vertebra. Unlike Pliosaurus, the cervical centra (vertebral bodies) are wider than the dorsals. The...
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ptarmigan is the only bird to overwinter. Remains of Predator X (Pliosaurus funkei) from the Jurassic period were discovered here. It is one of the largest...
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estimate was later downsized. In 2012, it was given the taxonomic name Pliosaurus funkei. "Monsterdiggers 2008". University of Oslo. "Fossil sea monster biggest...
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ptarmigan is the only bird to overwinter. Two partial skeletons of Pliosaurus funkei from the Jurassic period were discovered in 2008. It is the largest...
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2006 his team uncovered an enormous short-necked plesiosaur, the Pliosaurus funkei, possibly the largest carnivore found to date. His main work continues...
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Predator X is a pliosaur assigned to Pliosaurus funkei. Predator X may also refer to: Predator X (Marvel Comics), a character from X-Men Predator X (TV...
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are located on the maxilla. Unlike in pliosaurs such as Liopleurodon or Pliosaurus, the maxillary teeth in Megacephalosaurus do not reduce in size towards...
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and that creatures like Pliosaurus "ruled the oceans for more than 100 million years". Species: Kimmerosaurus Pliosaurus funkei (identified as "Predator...
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vertebral dimensions, that it would have been similar in size to Pliosaurus funkei, which according to his model was approximately 9.8 m (32 ft) long...
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Pliosaurus funkei, a large thalassophonean pliosaurid which was informally known as "Predator X"...
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is much controversy over the largest-known of the Pliosauroidea. Pliosaurus funkei (also known as "Predator X") is a species of large pliosaur, known...
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engeri, Spitrasaurus larseni, and Spitrasaurus wensaasi, the pliosaur Pliosaurus funkei, and the ichthyosaurs Cryopterygius kristiansenae, Keilhauia nui,...
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(2013); "Pliosaurus carpenteri n. sp.", pages 8-9. Benson et al. (2013); "Pliosaurus kevani n. sp.", page 5. Benson et al. (2013); "Pliosaurus kevani n...
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known from the site, including two belonging to the large pliosaurid Pliosaurus funkei, which would have been the apex predator of the ecosystem, three to...
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Knutsen; Patrick S. Druckenmiller; Jørn H. Hurum (2012). "A new species of Pliosaurus (Sauropterygia: Plesiosauria) from the Middle Volgian of central Spitsbergen...
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Thalassiodracon hawkinsii. 1841 Owen described the new species Pliosaurus brachydeirus, Pliosaurus brachyspondylus. and Polyptychodon interruptus. 1842 Sir...
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known from the site, including two belonging to the large pliosaur Pliosaurus funkei, three to Colymbosaurus svalbardensis, one to Djupedalia engeri, one...
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are also known from the site, including two belonging to the large Pliosaurus funkei, three to Colymbosaurus svalbardensis, and one each to Spitrasaurus...
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Knutsen, E.M.; Druckenmiller, P.S.; Hurum, J.H. (2012b), "A new species of Pliosaurus (Sauropterygia: Plesiosauria) from the Middle Volgian of central Spitsbergen...
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