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Elasmosaurus

Elasmosaurus (/ɪˌlæzməˈsɔːrəs, -moʊ-/) is a genus of plesiosaur that lived in North America during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous period, at about 80.6 to 77 million years ago. The first specimen was discovered in 1867 near Fort Wallace, Kansas, US, and was sent to the American paleontologist Edward Drinker Cope, who named it E. platyurus in…

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related to history · 32
Elasmosaurus → Academy, American, Ancient Greek, ANSP, ANSP's, Approximately, Comstock, Cope, Drexel University, Edward Drinker Cope, Europe, Fort Wallace, However, In, In December, In June, John LeConte, Kansas, LeConte, March
related to Known and possible fossil elements · 29
Elasmosaurus → American, ANSP, At, Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, Cope, Crystal Palace Dinosaurs, Davidson, English, Everhart, Fort Wallace Museum, Hawkins, In, In May, It, London, Michael, New York's Central Park, Nothing, Palaeozoic Museum, Paleozoic Museum
related to Paleoecology · 18
Elasmosaurus → Appalachians, At, Campanian-age Upper Cretaceous Pierre, Clam, Cretaceous, Inoceramus, Kansas, North America, Other, Rockies, Seaway, Shale, Sharon Springs Member, The, The Pierre Shale, There, Two, Western Interior Seaway
related to Classification · 15
Elasmosaurus → Although, Charles Andrews, Cimoliasaurus, Crymocetus, Elasmosauridae, He, In, Leidy's, Meanwhile, Plesiosauridae, Pliosauridae, Streptosauria, Though Cope, Williston, Within
related to Formerly assigned species · 14
Elasmosaurus → Accompanying, Cimoliasaurus, Cope, Discosaurus, Following, He, However, In, Leidy, New Jersey, Samuel Lockwood, The, Welles, Williston
related to Description · 13
Elasmosaurus → Albertonectes, American, ANSP, Cope, However, In, Initially, It, José Patricio O'Gorman, Like, Samuel Welles, The, Though
related to Feeding · 7
Elasmosaurus → Cope, Elasmosaurids, From, In, It, Sphyraena, The
related to Neck movement and function · 6
Elasmosaurus → Also, Although, Cope, If, The, Thus
related to External links · 4
Elasmosaurus → Elasmosaurs, KansasWhere, Oceans, Separating
related to Vertebrae · 4
Elasmosaurus → It, Only Albertonectes, The, Unlike

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Elasmosaurusis aportmanteau of the Ancient Greek ἔλᾰσμᾰ0.90text
Elasmosaurusrelated to ClassificationThough Cope0.60section
Elasmosaurusrelated to ClassificationCimoliasaurus0.60section
Elasmosaurusrelated to ClassificationCrymocetus0.60section
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Elasmosaurusrelated to ClassificationStreptosauria0.60section
Elasmosaurusrelated to ClassificationLeidy's0.60section
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Elasmosaurusrelated to ClassificationElasmosauridae0.60section
Elasmosaurusrelated to ClassificationWithin0.60section
Elasmosaurusrelated to ClassificationPliosauridae0.60section
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