THE SKULL of a mammoth pliosaur is the latest dramatic dinosaur discovery on England's Jurassic Coast. The aquatic predator may be the largest such reptile ever found, with its 8-foot skull belonging to a body more than 50 feet long. The species is known to have had immense, powerful jaws and a huge set of razor-sharp teeth. Richard Forest, a paleontologist and expert on pliosaurs, confirmed: "It would take T-Rex in one gulp. Compared to this beast T-Rex was a kitten. These things were big enough and powerful enough to bite a car in hall." After the fossil has been analyzed, it will be put on display at the Dorset County Museum in Dorchester.
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"Jurassic Coast yields record dinosaur." British Heritage Mar. 2010: 8. Academic OneFile. Web. 13 Mar. 2010.
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