Liopleurodon

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Liopleurodon
Fossil range: Upper Jurassic
Liopleurodon ferox
Liopleurodon ferox
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Order: Plesiosauria
Suborder: Pliosauroidea
Family: Pliosauridae
Genus: Liopleurodon
Sauvage, 1873
Species
  • L. ferox (type)
  • L. pachydeirus
  • L. rossicus
  • L. macromerus

Liopleurodon was the largest species of Pliosaur. It is the largest carnivore ever to live. It grew up to 25 metres long and weight 150 tons! It was a relative of Pliosaurus and Kronosaurus. It lived around 160 – 155 million years ago.

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