An amateur fossil hunter has raged at the BBC, saying he is “appalled” at being airbrushed out of a David Attenborough documentary. Respected palaeontologists have also called the oversight “inexcusable” and an “injustice” after Phil Jacobs, 69, wasn’t named for finding the ginormous pliosaur sea monster at the centre of the Attenborough and the Giant Sea Monster TV programme, reports MailOnline. Mr Jacobs, spotted the 16-inch long fossilised snout of the 150-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus Rex out on the seas during a walk along Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset, in April 2022. His discovery set in motion the mammoth task of excavating the rest of the 7ft long skull from the cliffs which is the biggest and most complete pliosaur skull ever found. The show aired on New Year’s Day and follows Sir David “as he unearths the discovery of a lifetime”. On his Facebook page Mr Jacobs said he was appalled and added: “I’ve been completely airbrushed out of my own discovery, not even a mention. I have no words.” Mr Jacobs supplied his own video footage of …