{"id":267050,"date":"2023-10-31T19:29:26","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T13:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=267050"},"modified":"2023-10-31T19:29:26","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T13:59:26","slug":"lorrainosaurus-ancient-sea-monster-remains-reveal-oldest-mega-predatory-pliosaur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/lorrainosaurus-ancient-sea-monster-remains-reveal-oldest-mega-predatory-pliosaur\/","title":{"rendered":"Lorrainosaurus: Ancient sea monster remains reveal oldest mega-predatory pliosaur"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source: <\/b>The post is based on the article<\/span> \u201c<\/b>Lorrainosaurus: <\/b>Ancient sea monster remains reveal oldest mega-predatory pliosaur\u201d <\/b>published i<\/span>n \u201cScienceDaily\u201d on 31st October 2023<\/b><\/p>\n

Why in the News?<\/b><\/h2>\n

Researchers have discovered the oldest-known mega-predatory pliosaur called <\/span>Lorrainosaurus <\/b>in northeastern France.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What is <\/b>Lorrainosaurus?<\/b><\/h2>\n

\"Lorrainosaurus\"<\/p>\n

Lorrainosaurus is the oldest large-bodied pliosaur.The fossils of Lorrainosaurus were discovered in 1983.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is Pliosaur?<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Specifications<\/b><\/td>\nDetails<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
What are they<\/b><\/td>\nMarine Reptiles<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lived during\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\nearly Middle Jurassic period (200 million years ago)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Characteristics<\/b><\/td>\n1.Short necks, large conical teeth and massive skulls.
\n<\/span>2.Evolved into major marine predators of their time similar to today\u2019s Killer whales<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Significance<\/b><\/td>\nThey were one of the largest aquatic carnivorous reptiles that have ever lived and were often referred to as sea monsters.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Source: The post is based on the article \u201cLorrainosaurus: Ancient sea monster remains reveal oldest mega-predatory pliosaur\u201d published in \u201cScienceDaily\u201d on 31st October 2023 Why in the News? Researchers have discovered the oldest-known mega-predatory pliosaur called Lorrainosaurus in northeastern France.\u00a0 What is Lorrainosaurus? Lorrainosaurus is the oldest large-bodied pliosaur.The fossils of Lorrainosaurus were discovered in… Continue reading Lorrainosaurus: Ancient sea monster remains reveal oldest mega-predatory pliosaur<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,1],"tags":[11872,11881],"class_list":["post-267050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-uncategorized","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-science-daily","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":2,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1698784359},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267050\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}