Eardasaurus
Sign in to saveEardasaurus is a genus of thalassophonean pliosaurid from the middle Jurassic Oxford Clay Formation. The animal would have measured over long (the tail was not fully preserved) and possessed a high amount of teeth relative to other pliosaurs. Its teeth show distinct ridges formed by the tooth enamel, some of which are very pronounced and similar to carinae, giving the teeth a cutting edge.
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Eardasaurus is a genus of thalassophonean pliosaurid from the middle Jurassic Oxford Clay Formation. The animal would have measured over long (the tail was not fully preserved) and possessed a high amount of teeth relative to other pliosaurs. Its teeth show distinct ridges formed by the tooth enamel, some of which are very pronounced and similar to carinae, giving the teeth a cutting edge.
==History and naming== left|thumb|Life restoration The remains of Eardasaurus were discovered by H. Philip Powell in the Oxford Clay Formation near Yarnton in 1994. The only known fossil and holotype, specimen OUMNH PAL-J.2247 (previously listed as OUMNH J.02247), was unearthed from the Peterborough Member of the formation, which indicates that it lived during the Callovian stage of the Jurassic. The specimen is fairly complete and partially articulated, preserving both the cranium and mandible, large parts of the vertebral column as well as ribs and gastralia as well as the remains of the left fore- and hindlimbs.