WideEyedCurious 🇺🇸 💙 🇺🇦 & 🇨🇦The formidable fossil, found in Dorset, is almost seven feet long. It belonged to a pliosaur, an extinct marine reptile that terrorized the oceans from the earliest Jurassic to early Late periods, approximately 150 million years ago. The skull has 130 long and razor-sharp teeth. Each tooth has fine ridges at the back to pierce its prey's flesh. https://www.businessinsider.com/huge-skull-of-ancient-apex-predator-in-the-ocean-discovered-in-dorset
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