Post by tomhet on Jul 9, 2007 3:06:44 GMT -5
The other day I was watching the scene of Walking with dinosaurs in which the Liopleurodon devours an Allosaurus. I had not seen that scene for quite a long time and it got me thinking, why do they depict the Liopleurodon so big? Do they really have evidence?
As far as I know, the biggest marine reptile was some kind of Shonisaurus found in Canada which reached the incredible lenght of 21 mts (and which surprisingly enough lived in the Triassic). The Liopleurodon measured around 12-15 mts, didn't it?
How did the BBC guys get the idea of a Liopleurodon that big? Did they just get carried away?
As far as I know, the biggest marine reptile was some kind of Shonisaurus found in Canada which reached the incredible lenght of 21 mts (and which surprisingly enough lived in the Triassic). The Liopleurodon measured around 12-15 mts, didn't it?
How did the BBC guys get the idea of a Liopleurodon that big? Did they just get carried away?
). Liopleurodon ferox is around 5-7 meters on average, and 10 meters or so at best; weight would have been 0.75 to 2.5 tons. There is partial evidence of a pliosaur that was much larger, but it isn't a liopleurodon.