Liopleurodon, tooth Carnataurus 2 finger bones and claw

2 finger bones and claw

The lower jaw is loosely hinged to the skull with a moveable joint on each side (behind the teeth)

although such teeth are known from other crocodyliform lineages

Microfossils

Liopleurodon, tooth Carnataurus 2 finger bones and clawLiopleurodon (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