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[00:00.41] The two-metre-long skull of the pliosaur is exquisitely preserved.

[00:06.25] Its crocodile-like snout is filled with dozens of razor-sharp teeth, and huge holes in its jaws would have been packed out with muscle, giving it an incredibly powerful bite.

[00:15.81] Growing to more than twelve metres, about the same length as a double decker bus, this Jurassic beast would have terrorised the oceans, even feasting on other pliosaurs.

[00:25.90] The fossil was unearthed from the dark clays of Kimmeridge Bay in Dorset.

[00:30.15] Its excavation from a crumbling cliff face was followed by a BBC team for a documentary with Sir David Attenborough.

[00:37.59] But there may be more of this sea monster to come.

[00:40.51] The pliosaur's body is still thought to be embedded in the rock.

[00:43.97] The hope is that in time the rest of its skeleton will also be recovered.