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

but would have been more related to display or communication within its social group

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

modeled in detail and carried out through an exhaustive paleontological study to create this magnificent faithful reproduction

Sinomegaceros pachyosteus is an extinct species of giant deer in the genus Sinomegaceros

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.