Liopleurodon

See also: liopleurodon

Translingual

Liopleurodon ferox restoration
Liopleurodon ferox fossil skeleton
Liopleurodon ferox size comparison with human

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λεῖος (leîos, smooth) +‎ pleuro- (lateral; side) +‎ -odon (toothed).

Proper noun

Liopleurodon m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the familyPliosauridae – certain carnivorous pliosaurid pliosaurs that lived from the Callovian stage of the Middle Jurassic to the Kimmeridgian stage of the Late Jurassic period.

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Descendants

  • English: liopleurodon

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