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

This formidable predator was characterized by having a robust body and a powerful head with extremely strong jaws

Its body was covered in bony plates that provided protection against predators

toxodontes

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

Pliosaurus brachydeirus Bajadasaurus a trait reflected in thePliosaurus 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.