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Jurassic fossil discovery
A 150-million-year-old fossilized skull belonging to
a creature called a pliosaur has been unearthed along
the Jurassic Coast in Dorset in England.
While dinosaurs roamed the land, pliosaurs terrorized
5 the oceans. These giant, crocodile-shaped creatures
were fearsome hunters, their immense jaws and
razor-sharp teeth made easy work of passing prey. Now
an 8ft-long skull has been found in Dorset by a local
fossil collector. And scientists say it could be one of the
10 biggest ever found, belonging to a creature that would
have measured up to 50ft long.
Paleontologist Richard Forrest has been examining
the specimen. He says: ‘To get a whole skull like this is
like Christmas and Easter and everything rolled into one,
15 because we actually can see, yes this really was an
absolutely enormous animal, and realistically, probably
the most powerful predator that ever lived.’
The fossilized skull has now been bought by Dorset
County Council using Heritage Lottery Funds. They plan
20 to eventually put it on public display.
MORELLE, Rebecca. Jurassic fossil discovery. Disponível em: . Acesso em: 30 maio 2010.
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