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Hunt For Dinos on England's Jurassic Coast

England's only natural World Heritage site is also home to a trove of dinosaur fossils

By Gemma Tarlach

Oct 2, 2014 12:00 AMMay 20, 2019 3:45 PM

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Liopleurodon ferox, a pliosaur much like those that once prowled the Jurassic Coast, hunts an unfortunate plesiosaur (above). Jaime Chirinos/Science Photo Library/Corbis

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