Palaeopython, fossil snake, 15 inch Pachycephalosaurus Liopleurodon (pronounced LIE-oh-PLOOR-oh-don) (meaning "smooth-sided

Liopleurodon (pronounced LIE-oh-PLOOR-oh-don) (meaning "smooth-sided tooth") was the biggest plesiosaur

It has been suggested that this is a separate genus

The skull is long with a narrow snout - much larger in relation to the length of the skull than in canine carnivores

three-toed print made by a variety of bipedal theropod dinosaurs

This is confirmed by the gut contents

Palaeopython, fossil snake, 15 inch Pachycephalosaurus Liopleurodon (pronounced LIE-oh-PLOOR-oh-don) (meaning "smooth-sidedThe Messel Pit is a no longer used quarry near the village of Messel which is located about 35 km south east of Frankfurt, Germany. The quarry was used to mine bituminous shale. On December 9, 1995, the Messel Pit was declared a World Heritage site by UNESCO. The Messel Pit has been known for its fossils since about 1900, but was not seriously excavated for scientific study until the 1970's. The Messel Pit was closed to collecting in 1974. Therefore