Name origin: Greek leios (smooth), pleura (side) and donti (tooth)
Short Description: Large apex predatory plesiosaur
Height (adult): 1.5 metres
Length (adult): 7 metres
Weight (adult): 2000kg
Temporal range: 155-160 Mya
Distribution: Europe
Sexual maturity (in years): 8
Description: The top predator of the oceans of Jurassic England. Liopleurodon was a huge plesiosaur that preyed upon other, smaller marine reptiles. It gets its name from its scissor-like teeth that could grapple onto a streamlined body and hold it down, using its neck and jaw muscles to crush and cause death through loss of blood.
Sexual maturity (in years): 8
Description: The top predator of the oceans of Jurassic England. Liopleurodon was a huge plesiosaur that preyed upon other, smaller marine reptiles. It gets its name from its scissor-like teeth that could grapple onto a streamlined body and hold it down, using its neck and jaw muscles to crush and cause death through loss of blood.
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