but Stocker's (2010) revision reassigned it to the genus Smilosuchus based on a large rostral crest and several diagnostic cranial characters

a trait reflected in the specific epithet brachydeirus (“short-necked”)

pues tenían pequeños incisivos y enormes caninos para desgarrar la carne

modeled in detail and carried out through an exhaustive paleontological study to create this magnificent faithful reproduction

These parallels suggest that similar structures may have responded to common environmental or social pressures

Pliosaurus brachydeirus Bajadasaurus but Stocker's (2010) revision reassignedPliosaurus brachydeirus was a marine plesiosaur reptile of the Pliosauridae family that lived during the Late Jurassic , primarily in the KimmeridgianTithonian age (approximately 155150 million years ago) . Its remains come mainly from marine deposits in southern England , within the context of the ancient European epicontinental sea , and the species holds an important historical role as one of the first pliosaurs formally described in paleontology.