The evolutionary success of the first large predators on land was driven by their need to improve as killers, researchers at the University of Bristol and the O
<p>The evolutionary success of the first large predators on land was driven by their need to improve as killers, researchers at the University of Bristol and the Open University suggest.</p>
Phil Jacobs, 69, spotted the 16ins long fossilised snout of the 150-million-year-old pliosaur during a beach walk at Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset, in April 2022.