Marine reptile
Liopleurodon
It was a marine reptile from the Jurassic, long before the last dinosaurs of the Cretaceous.
Liopleurodon lived in the Jurassic seas, long before the end of the great Cretaceous dinosaurs.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Liopleurodon at a glance
- Diet
- Carnivore
- It is interpreted as a consumer of other animals. Hunting and scavenging are not mutually exclusive behaviors.
- When it lived
- Jurassic
- Group
- Pliosauridae
- Pliosaurids
- Fossil locations
- England
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Liopleurodon
It was a carnivorous plesiosaur from the pliosaurid group. The reference species is L. ferox, but the identity of some remains and historical names continues to be reviewed.
It was a marine reptile from the Jurassic, long before the last dinosaurs of the Cretaceous. It belonged to the pliosaurids, within the group of plesiosaurs. Some remains identifications remain under review, so reconstructions must rely on well-attributed material.
This grouping describes evolutionary relationships. Its members share ancestors; they do not form a chain in which one must turn into another.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: linked collections and publications.A note on the science
It was a marine reptile from the Jurassic, long before the last dinosaurs of the Cretaceous. It belonged to the pliosaurids, within the group of plesiosaurs. Some remains identifications remain under review, so reconstructions must rely on well-attributed material.
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- Liopleurodon
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- Liopleurodon
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- Pliosauridae
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- Reptiles · extinct branch
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