Temporal range: Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic (Callovian to Kimmeridgian), 166–155 Ma
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L. ferox skeleton, Museum of Paleontology, Tübingen
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Reptilia
Superorder:
†Sauropterygia
Order:
†Plesiosauria
Family:
†Pliosauridae
Clade:
†Thalassophonea
Genus:
†Liopleurodon Sauvage, 1873
Species
†L. ferox Sauvage, 1873 (type)
†?L. pachydeirus (Seeley, 1869)
Synonyms
Pliosaurus ferox (Sauvage, 1873) Lydekker, 1888
Pliosaurus pachydeirus Seeley, 1869
?Pliosaurus giganteus Conybeare, 1824
?Ischyrodon meriani von Meyer, 1838
Liopleurodon (/ˌlaɪoʊˈplʊərədɒn/; meaning 'smooth-sided teeth') is an extinct genus of large, carnivorous marine reptile belonging to the Thalassophonea, a clade of short-necked pliosaurid plesiosaurs. Liopleurodon lived from the Callovian Stage of the Middle Jurassic to the Kimmeridgian stage of the Late Jurassic Period (c. 166 to 155 mya). It was the apex predator of the Middle to Late Jurassic seas that covered Europe. The largest species, L. ferox, is estimated to have grown to 6.4 metres (21 ft) in length based on a large skull.
The name "Liopleurodon" (meaning "smooth-sided tooth") derives from Ancient Greek words: λεῖοςleios, "smooth"; πλευράpleurá, "side" or "rib"; and ὀδόνodṓn, "tooth".
Liopleurodon (/ˌlaɪoʊˈplʊərədɒn/; meaning 'smooth-sided teeth') is an extinct genus of large, carnivorous marine reptile belonging to the Thalassophonea...
showing damage consistent with an attack of a very large animal with Liopleurodon-like dentition. P. kevani is known solely from the holotype DORCM G.13...
performs the musical number "The Candy Mountain Cave". The Magical Liopleurodon is a Liopleurodon character briefly featured in the video. The character communicates...
Ophthalmosaurus, a very common sea-going ichthyosaur from Europe and North America Liopleurodon, a medium-sized sea-going pliosaur from Europe Dakosaurus, a medium-sized...
These were characterized by a large head and a short neck, such as Liopleurodon and Simolestes. These forms had skulls up to three metres (ten feet)...
habits. She concluded that the long-necked plesiosauroids ate soft prey. Liopleurodon and its relatives, on the other hand, had teeth resembling those of killer...
Aquadons are aquatic species of Dinotrux who are half submarine and half Liopleurodon. They are very territorial species of Dinotrux who use sliding out shark-like...
approximately 4.6 metres (15 ft) in length, if a head to body ratio similar to Liopleurodon is applied. Like most pliosaurs, Simolestes possessed salt secreting...
Cast of Attenborosaurus conybeari (NHMUK R1339), Natural History Museum Liopleurodon ferox mounted skeleton, Museum of Paleontology, Tübingen Scientific classification...
type species is I. meriani, and was previously listed as a synonym of Liopleurodon ferox. Ischyrodon was named in 1838 and described in 1856 by Hermann...
one branch of the nothosaurs may have evolved into pliosaurs such as Liopleurodon, a short-necked plesiosaur that grew up to 6.4 metres (21 ft), and the...
Temporal range: Callovian-Turonian ~166–90 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Liopleurodon ferox Sachicasaurus vitae Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota...
pliosaurs, grew to the size of killer whales and larger (e.g. Pliosaurus, Liopleurodon). Plesiosaurs became common at this time, and metriorhynchids first appeared...
famously "super-sized" animal in Walking with Dinosaurs is the pliosaur Liopleurodon, described as reaching lengths of 25 metres in the series (but in reality...
Oxford Clay seas large enough to attack Leedsichthys was the pliosaurid Liopleurodon. In 1999 Martill suggested that a climate change at the end of the Callovian...
(59 ft) long were created by media. It was initially falsely identified as Liopleurodon ferox. French and German paleontologists classified it as a giant pliosaur...
all known pliosaurs, Plesiopleurodon wellesi most closely resembles Liopleurodon ferox from the Oxfordian of Europe, hence the generic reference." It...
magnificent Elasmosaurus. As they view the beast a vicious Pliosaur (Liopleurodon) suddenly emerges and attacks the group. The Elasmosaurus flees as well...
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