but would have been more related to display or communication within its social group

This formidable predator was characterized by having a robust body and a powerful head with extremely strong jaws

a trait reflected in the specific epithet brachydeirus (“short-necked”)

Its body was covered in bony plates that provided protection against predators

pues tenían pequeños incisivos y enormes caninos para desgarrar la carne

Pliosaurus brachydeirus Bajadasaurus but would have been morePliosaurus 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.