4.1" Jurassic Fossil Pliosaur (Stretosaurus) Vertebra - England

Jurassic Fossil Pliosaur (Stretosaurus) Vertebra - England #316876

This is a beautifully preserved, 4.1" wide vertebra centrum of the giant pliosaur, Stretosaurus (Pliosaurus) cf. macromerus, collected from Abingdon, England. It is Upper Jurassic (Kemmeridgian stage) in age, or approximately 154 million years old. Each process has weathered away and the cortical bone is weathered in spots along both faces of the centrum.

Comes with an acrylic stand.

Pliosaurus is a genus of large carnivorous marine reptile belonging to the Pliosauroidea, a clade of short-necked plesiosaurs. They were an apex predator during the Middle Jurassic period, when seas covered Europe.

This is Liopleurodon ferox, a species of Pliosaur from the Late Jurassic of Europe. Pencil drawing by Nobu Tamura (http://spinops.blogspot.com).