supporting the idea that it spent most of its time above the ocean

Snout-tail length 280 mm

1:20 scale - Complete

up to 30 centimeters long

Width 126 mm

Pliosaurus brachydeirus Neovenator supporting the idea that itPliosaurus brachydeirus was a marine plesiosaur reptile of the Pliosauridae family that lived during the Late Jurassic , primarily in the KimmeridgianTithonian age (approximately 155150 million years ago) . Its remains come mainly from marine deposits in southern England , within the context of the ancient European epicontinental sea , and the species holds an important historical role as one of the first pliosaurs formally described in paleontology.