Marine Reptiles of the Past

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Kronosaurus ( KRON-o-SAWR-əs; meaning "lizard of Kronos") is an extinct genus of short-necked pliosaur.
With an estimated length of 9–10.5 metres (30–34 ft), it was among the largest pliosaurs, and is named after the leader of the Greek Titans, Cronus.
It lived in the Early Cretaceous Period (Aptian-Albian).
Fossil material has been recovered from Queensland in Australia, and from the Paja Formation in Boyacá, Colombia, and assigned to two species.
Kronosaurus queenslandicus was estimated to weight up to 11.000 kg. The massive, crested skull of the Harvard specimen measures 110,7 inches (more than 9 feet) long, which makes it more than twice as long as that of Tyrannosaurus whose skull has been measured at 52 inches, the early Cretaceous Kronosaurus was one of the largest marine reptiles and certainly one of the most terrifying predators that ever lived. Its massive jaws held an array of teeth that were 30 centimeters long with 12 centimeters crowns long equaled today only by lower jaw teeth of sperm whales.
Book Sea Dragons predators of the prehistoric oceans (Richard Ellis) Reply