两三年前,我在一个老贴子里看神皇说听非迪说听说有个专家对BBC编剧说有个4m长的滑齿龙脑袋

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后来我还真在书上找到了这玩意。牛津粘土组的滑齿龙能长到多大呢?我们来看看蛇颈龙专家David Martill的描述(这位在英国好像还是挺有名的,Richard Forrest在个人回忆录里提到过),以下内容选自Fossils of the Oxford Clay:
The skull of Liopleurodon may have been up to 3 m long, making it the largest known marine reptile, and possibly the largest carnivorous reptile. A specimen in excess of four metres in length, probably referrable to Liopleurodon sp. was discovered during preparation of this book.
4mBSL的滑齿龙多大呢,起码24.5m

。不过近十几年我们再也没发现这么大的上龙了,估计因为人类无穷无尽的需求灭绝了。
