Pliosaur discovery: Huge sea monster emerges from Dorset cliffs

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Pliosaur discovery: Huge sea monster emerges from Dorset cliffs

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Scientists marvel at the fossilised head of an underwater 'killing machine' from the Jurassic.

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Leopard seals, sharks, orcas are all huge and hunt prey?

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