In a startling revelation, the fossilized skull of a colossal sea monster that roamed the waters of Dorset approximately 150 million years ago has been unearthed in a recent discovery. The finding sheds new light on the prehistoric marine ecosystem of the region and offers a fascinating glimpse into Earth’s ancient past.

The beautifully preserved skull was excavated from a cliff.

CGI, created by BBC Studios, shows what the giant predator would have looked like when it terrorised the seas in the time of the dinosaurs.The pliosaur was the ultimate killing machine and at 10-12m long, it was the apex predator in the ocean.

The skull is longer than most humans are tall, which gives you a sense of how big the creature must have been overall.

It had an incredible 130 teeth – its bite is thought to have been twice that of a great white shark.

Sir David Attenborough is narrating a new documentary about this discovery called ‘Attenborough and the Giant Sea Monster,’ which is coming out early 2024.The exciting discovery was made when fossil enthusiast Phil Jacobs was walking along the rocky beaches of Kimmeridge Bay last year when one morning he discovered a jaw of a giant pliosaur.