Liopleurodon—literally meaning “smooth-sided teeth”—was a 21 foot long carnivore that made its home in the Jurassic seas. Although its length and weight were famously over-reported as 25 meters long and over 20 tons in BBC’s Walking With Dinosaurs, the fact is even at a more conservative 20 feet in length and 2 tons in weight, it was still a massive top predator in its ecosystem. Living during the Triassic,...
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