Liopleurodon Iguanodon approximately 49 million years ago

approximately 49 million years ago

This is the first time in 140 years that this piece has been available for purchase and the first time it has ever been colored correctly

Less than ten years after 1891

This plant-eater had short forelimbs and a stiff tail (which had a distinctive mesh of interwoven tendons surrounding its rear portion)

This lack of scavengers on the bottom of the sea led to amazing preservation of the fauna found there

Liopleurodon Iguanodon approximately 49 million years agoLiopleurodon (pronounced LIE oh PLOOR oh don) (meaning "smooth sided tooth") was the biggest plesiosaur, up to 39 49 feet (12 15 m). It had a long body with a large head, a short neck, powerful jaws and teeth, and four long, wide, strong flippers. The skull was 10 feet (3 m) long. Fossils were found in England, France, Germany, and eastern Europe. It lived during the late Jurassic period. Liopleurodon was not a dinosaur, but another type of extinct