Pliosaur sp. indet.
Complete vertebra from a large predatory marine reptile. On one of the end surface there is a line of 3 teeth marks 1 cm apart. This is where another predator (Crocodile or Ichthyosaur) has been feeding on the carcass.
Jurassic, Kimmeridge Clay.
Dredged from the Smallmouth Sands off Weymouth Harbour, Dorset.
Vertebra : 12.5 x 11.5 x 5.5 cm.