Tyrannoneustes was first discovered in the late 1800s in the Oxford Clay Formation, which is a Jurassic soil sediment found by England and originally thought to have been a close relative called Dakosaurus. It was locked away in the storage system in the Hunterian Museum in Glasgow, and remained hidden there collecting dust and untouched for over a century. It was finally taken out and re-examined in early 2013 (January) by Mark Young and some of his colleagues and found to be a whole new, largest, and oldest species of marine crocodile. The skeleton was put together, and based on its large size they dubbed it Tyrannoneustes lythrodectikos, or "Tyrant Swimmer". It has also been nicknamed as the "T. rex of the Sea" to some scientists different to Pliosaurus nickname "T. rex of the ocean". N
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| - Tyrannoneustes was first discovered in the late 1800s in the Oxford Clay Formation, which is a Jurassic soil sediment found by England and originally thought to have been a close relative called Dakosaurus. It was locked away in the storage system in the Hunterian Museum in Glasgow, and remained hidden there collecting dust and untouched for over a century. It was finally taken out and re-examined in early 2013 (January) by Mark Young and some of his colleagues and found to be a whole new, largest, and oldest species of marine crocodile. The skeleton was put together, and based on its large size they dubbed it Tyrannoneustes lythrodectikos, or "Tyrant Swimmer". It has also been nicknamed as the "T. rex of the Sea" to some scientists different to Pliosaurus nickname "T. rex of the ocean". N
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| - Tyrannoneustes was first discovered in the late 1800s in the Oxford Clay Formation, which is a Jurassic soil sediment found by England and originally thought to have been a close relative called Dakosaurus. It was locked away in the storage system in the Hunterian Museum in Glasgow, and remained hidden there collecting dust and untouched for over a century. It was finally taken out and re-examined in early 2013 (January) by Mark Young and some of his colleagues and found to be a whole new, largest, and oldest species of marine crocodile. The skeleton was put together, and based on its large size they dubbed it Tyrannoneustes lythrodectikos, or "Tyrant Swimmer". It has also been nicknamed as the "T. rex of the Sea" to some scientists different to Pliosaurus nickname "T. rex of the ocean". No Tyrannoneustes eggs or nests have been discovered, so little is known of the reptile's lifecycle, unlike other large marine reptiles of the Mesozoic, such as plesiosaurs or ichthyosaurs which are known to give birth to live young out at sea.
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