What are Pliosaurs?
Q: What are Pliosaurs?
A: Pliosaurs were a group of large submarine plesiosaur reptiles from the Mesozoic era.
Q: How did Pliosaurs differ from other plesiosaurs?
A: Pliosaurs had short necks and large heads, which was in contrast to other plesiosaurs.
Q: What did Pliosaurs eat?
A: Pliosaurs were predators of large fish and other reptiles.
Q: How large were Pliosaurs?
A: Pliosaurs could range in sizes from two to 15 metres.
Q: Who discovered the first Pliosaur specimen?
A: Mary Anning discovered the first Pliosaur specimen on the 'Jurassic Coast' of Lyme Regis, England in the 1820s.
Q: How many groups did D.M.S. Watson suggest plesiosaurs could be divided into?
A: D.M.S. Watson suggested that plesiosaurs could be divided into two groups.
Q: What were the two groups of plesiosaurs that D.M.S. Watson suggested?
A: D.M.S. Watson suggested that the pliosaurs were large predators which ate large prey in deep water, and the other plesiosaurs were long-necked with smaller heads and mostly ate with their head above water.
