In Depth
Eardasaurus is a genus of pliosaur known to have lived around European waters during the Middle Jurassic. The skull of Eardasaurus displays some proportional features that are similar to the famous Liopleurodon, including a diastema where the premaxilla meets the maxilla. However the skull of Eardasaurus suggests that as many as thirty-four to thirty-five teeth may have been present across the skull tooth bearing bones, almost double the number of teeth present in Liopleurodon. The preserved teeth in Eardasaurus also have traces of what appears to have been enamelled cutting edges in life.
Further reading
- A new pliosaurid from the Oxford Clay Formation of Oxfordshire, UK. - Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 67. - Hilary Ketchum & Roger Benson - 2022.
