Meet the Dinosaurs of Prehistoric Planet Season 2

Mortuneria

The creepily monikered Mortuneria was a plesiosaur that lived in the frigid waters of Cretaceous Earth’s southern hemisphere. Mortuneria is not the first plesiosaur to grace the show; last season featured a group of plesiosaurs that swallowed stones, which helped the small-toothed creatures digest their food.

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