Scientists marvel at the fossilised head of an underwater 'killing machine' from the Jurassic.

The skull of a colossal sea monster has been extracted from the cliffs of Dorset’s Jurassic Coast.

It belongs to a pliosaur, a ferocious marine reptile that terrorised the oceans about 150 million years ago.

The 2m-long fossil is one of the most complete specimens of its type ever discovered and is giving new insights into this ancient predator.

The skull will be featured in a special David Attenborough programme on BBC One on New Year’s Day.

  • funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works
    4·
    11 months ago

    I mean, if it’s too big to swim out of the Dochgarrot lock then it’d be easy to detect. If it isn’t then what’s keeping it in the lake instead of swimming out past Inverness and out into the Moray Firth?

    • Everythingispenguins@lemmy.world
      6·
      11 months ago

      It doesn’t like Inverness it made the mistake of walking though the Ferry. After that straight back to the lock and never to the big city again. Plus it found Inverness Castle not that interesting.