lørdag den 8. januar 2011

Liopleurodon (Extinct Monster)


Today's monster is an extinct one and in my opinion of of the most awesome creatures ever. Mett the liopleurodon the king of the seas!


The liopleurodon is a huge extinct marine reptile belonging to a group called pliosaurs. The liopleurodon was named back in 1873 by Henri-Emilé Sauvage, its name means smooth-sided teeth. Sauvage had at the time only 3 teeth of the animal, but today we posses more remains of the creature and know a little bit more about it. But the liopleurodon is actually a quite controversial reptile to discuss, at least when it comes to how big these guys got.

If you’re familiar with the TV series walking with dinosaurs you may have watched an episode where one of these creatures played a significant part. The narrator stated when talking about a huge male liopleurodon that it was 25 meters long and big even for its kind. Today most paleontologists think that size is pretty exaggerated and 18 meters is probably a more realistic guess when it comes to its length.

This magnificent beast was one the biggest carnivores ever to have lived on our planet. When looking at reconstructions of the creature it looks like a bizarre mix between a crocodile and a whale. I think it's crazy thinking about what other weird creatures once swam in our oceans, and even more that a lot of them probably never will be discovered. Some of them are lost forever leaving to trace behind them.

27 kommentarer:

  1. thats a pretty cool fish,i bet it would make great boots

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  2. corrr.. things were big back then. wouldn't fancy meeting that on a dive :P

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  3. I must check out that talking dinosaur show. sounds like some pretty cool stuff

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  4. lol. i heard of these things in "charlie the unicorn" on youtube. Magical creatures lol.

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  5. It would be a big consolati.on when one of these swam up to know that it was only 18m, not 25m

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  6. 60 feet long is still not a small flesh eating beast. I want one was a pet.

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  7. scary monster Ive seen it in an old national geographic

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  8. Sea creatures are terrifying, probably because it's completely out of oiur element.

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  9. ahhhh the good old days, if only we could be at the bottom of the food chain hiding from shit like this......it would be exciting.

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  10. Isn't that the monster from Mario64 ? It sure does looks like this!

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  11. Charrrrrrrrrrrlieeeeeeeeeeeeee. (If no one gets this I might be worried about how much time I've been spending on the internet.

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  12. Carnivore? Holy crap I'm glad these things are dead.

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  13. Kinda scary :) interesting tho!

    Liking your blog more and more lately =]

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  14. Freaky looking fish dude enjoy the stuff about cryptids too and will be checking back wanna follow me?

    http://16bitisnotcool.blogspot.com/

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  15. This whale has the scariest teeth!

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  16. Reminds me of the beast that eats you up when you try to swim to far away on Spore.

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  17. wouldn't want to see inside of it

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  18. Whales are king now, especially those killer whales

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  19. that was a scary time to be alive.

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  20. Wow. Did they ever find remnants of this? Or is it just pictures on the internet?

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  21. I'm surprized so few of you made a chalie reference, maybe there is hope for humanity after all. ;)

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