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How long has it been!!!
Here I bring you a drawing of one of my favorite pliosaurid reptiles, the Liopleurodon ferox.

In 1999,in BBC program Walking with Dinosaurs described the creature as being 25 m (65–70 ft) long and weighing 150 tons. Considerable dispute exists, however, over the size and species of the fossil bones.
Appears in the third episode <> At first, a Liopleurodon caught a Eustreptospondylus on the high seas and took it underwater (a scene that left me speechless the first time I saw it). Later apparently the same animal, an old male of immense size even for her species, attacked and killed a female Ophthalmosaurus who was sadly giving birth to her young. He then confronted a much younger female over territory, and bit the female's hind flipper who retreated, apparently winning the fight.
Later, however, it was stranded by a fearsome tropical storm and became a living banquet for Eustreptospondylus. However, the giant was still alive, so the megalosaurids did not approach it because it still represented a threat.
Hours later the Liopleurodon was dead from exhaustion and suffocation, and from the crushing of its internal organs. And his body was devoured by scavengers.
Curiously, in Giant of the Skies you can see the same 3D animated model (but with darker textures) of the liopleurodon, but this is a Plesiopleurodon
Liopleurodon would appear again in another BBC programme, in Sea Monsters: A Walking with Dinosaurs Trilogy. In Sea Monsters, several Liopleurodon are seen feeding on Leedsichthys, which are giant fish most longer than Liopleurodon. In Sea Monsters, Liopleurodon are depicted at a much smaller scale than the huge elderly male portrayed in the main series episode Cruel Sea (less than half the size of that in most of those shown).

The order Plesiosauria has been divided into two Superfamilies:Plesiosauroidea, such as Cryptoclidus (sometimes spelt Cryptocleidus), characterized by long necks, with 28–71 vertebrae, and small heads, and Pliosauroidea, whose members had large heads and short necks with as few as 13 vertebrae.
There are two accepted/recognized species; Liopleurodon ferox and Liopleurodon pachydeirus.
The largest species, also much better known than the rarer L.pachydeirus, is Liopleurodon ferox. This well-known species, L.ferox, is estimated to have grown to:
6.39 meters (approx. 21 feet) long (versus 25 metres/82 feet in the TV series that popularized Liopleurodon around the world)
6.39 meters: or 639 centimeters: or approx. 6,390 millimeters. General estimates for typical Liopleurodon ferox specimens = generally between 5 and 7 meters.
Two examples of pliosaurs known to be larger than Liopleurodon include species in the genus Pliosaurus (for example, Pliosaurus funkei), which could grow up to 10-13 meters long, and Kronosaurus, which could grow to a length of 9-10 meters. .9 meters. So it's not too much of a stretch to imagine the potential for 15-meter-long giants among pliosaurs, though not 25-meters, since that's a huge leap.
For novice readers, remember, these creatures are not dinosaurs even though they coexisted with them and appear in shows and articles (usually books and toys), since dinosaurs (ornithischians, sauropods, and theropods) were reptiles that lived on land. They are not crocodiles, turtles or lizards either, they are plesiosaurs,They are one of a kind.
Although that doesn't take away from the merit of being one of my favorite non-dinosaur reptiles, that's why I decided to draw it with the BBC color palette because it's my favorite version.

Description
How long has it been!!!
Here I bring you a drawing of one of my favorite pliosaurid reptiles, the Liopleurodon ferox.

In 1999,in BBC program Walking with Dinosaurs described the creature as being 25 m (65–70 ft) long and weighing 150 tons. Considerable dispute exists, however, over the size and species of the fossil bones.
Appears in the third episode <> At first, a Liopleurodon caught a Eustreptospondylus on the high seas and took it underwater (a scene that left me speechless the first time I saw it). Later apparently the same animal, an old male of immense size even for her species, attacked and killed a female Ophthalmosaurus who was sadly giving birth to her young. He then confronted a much younger female over territory, and bit the female's hind flipper who retreated, apparently winning the fight.
Later, however, it was stranded by a fearsome tropical storm and became a living banquet for Eustreptospondylus. However, the giant was still alive, so the megalosaurids did not approach it because it still represented a threat.
Hours later the Liopleurodon was dead from exhaustion and suffocation, and from the crushing of its internal organs. And his body was devoured by scavengers.
Curiously, in Giant of the Skies you can see the same 3D animated model (but with darker textures) of the liopleurodon, but this is a Plesiopleurodon
Liopleurodon would appear again in another BBC programme, in Sea Monsters: A Walking with Dinosaurs Trilogy. In Sea Monsters, several Liopleurodon are seen feeding on Leedsichthys, which are giant fish most longer than Liopleurodon. In Sea Monsters, Liopleurodon are depicted at a much smaller scale than the huge elderly male portrayed in the main series episode Cruel Sea (less than half the size of that in most of those shown).

The order Plesiosauria has been divided into two Superfamilies:Plesiosauroidea, such as Cryptoclidus (sometimes spelt Cryptocleidus), characterized by long necks, with 28–71 vertebrae, and small heads, and Pliosauroidea, whose members had large heads and short necks with as few as 13 vertebrae.
There are two accepted/recognized species; Liopleurodon ferox and Liopleurodon pachydeirus.
The largest species, also much better known than the rarer L.pachydeirus, is Liopleurodon ferox. This well-known species, L.ferox, is estimated to have grown to:
6.39 meters (approx. 21 feet) long (versus 25 metres/82 feet in the TV series that popularized Liopleurodon around the world)
6.39 meters: or 639 centimeters: or approx. 6,390 millimeters. General estimates for typical Liopleurodon ferox specimens = generally between 5 and 7 meters.
Two examples of pliosaurs known to be larger than Liopleurodon include species in the genus Pliosaurus (for example, Pliosaurus funkei), which could grow up to 10-13 meters long, and Kronosaurus, which could grow to a length of 9-10 meters. .9 meters. So it's not too much of a stretch to imagine the potential for 15-meter-long giants among pliosaurs, though not 25-meters, since that's a huge leap.
For novice readers, remember, these creatures are not dinosaurs even though they coexisted with them and appear in shows and articles (usually books and toys), since dinosaurs (ornithischians, sauropods, and theropods) were reptiles that lived on land. They are not crocodiles, turtles or lizards either, they are plesiosaurs,They are one of a kind.
Although that doesn't take away from the merit of being one of my favorite non-dinosaur reptiles, that's why I decided to draw it with the BBC color palette because it's my favorite version.