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

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

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

Known for fragmentary fossil remains including parts of the skull and some postcranial bones

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.