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Elasmosaurus: Movements & History

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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Elasmosaurus topic overview

The analysis highlights Movements and History as prominent areas in the source structure around Elasmosaurus.

Related topics
226
Source areas
7
Connected nodes
238
Extracted relationships
143
Concept neighborhoods
19
Bridge connections
238

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Formerly assigned species · 50 topics
Paleoecology · 45 topics
History of study · 37 topics
Description · 29 topics
Classification · 22 topics
Overview · 22 topics
Paleobiology · 21 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

History of study

Description

Formerly assigned species

Classification

Paleobiology

Paleoecology

Bibliography

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Elasmosaurus connects Entity context

The extracted context around Elasmosaurus shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, 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 Another extracted example is 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. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Elasmosaurus

Top relations

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

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

neck vertebrae species cope elasmosaurids also specimen named long considered would may back new plesiosaurs genus based tail assigned known

Elasmosaurus relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 143 structured relationships around Elasmosaurus. Examples in this analysis include Elasmosaurus → is a → portmanteau of the Ancient Greek ἔλᾰσμᾰ and Elasmosaurus → related to Classification → Though Cope. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Elasmosaurusis aportmanteau of the Ancient Greek ἔλᾰσμᾰ0.90text
Elasmosaurusrelated to ClassificationThough Cope0.60section
Elasmosaurusrelated to ClassificationCimoliasaurus0.60section
Elasmosaurusrelated to ClassificationCrymocetus0.60section
Elasmosaurusrelated to ClassificationHe0.60section
Elasmosaurusrelated to ClassificationStreptosauria0.60section
Elasmosaurusrelated to ClassificationLeidy's0.60section
Elasmosaurusrelated to ClassificationIn0.60section
Elasmosaurusrelated to ClassificationElasmosauridae0.60section
Elasmosaurusrelated to ClassificationWithin0.60section
Elasmosaurusrelated to ClassificationPliosauridae0.60section
Elasmosaurusrelated to ClassificationPlesiosauridae0.60section

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Elasmosaurus bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Species, Cope and Would. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Elasmosaurus
    • Species
    • Cope
    • Would
    • Neck
    • New
    • Considered
    • Known
    • Also
    • Cimoliasaurus
    • Assigned
    • Vertebrae
    • Based
  • elasmosaurus
    • Species
    • Cope
    • Would
    • Neck
    • New
    • Considered
    • Known
    • Also
    • Cimoliasaurus
    • Assigned
    • Vertebrae
    • Based
  • edward drinker cope
    • Elasmosaurus
    • New
    • Species
    • Cimoliasaurus
    • Also
    • Vertebrae
    • Specimen
    • Neck
    • Named
    • Known
    • Genus
    • Considered
  • back vertebrae
    • Front
    • Vertebrae
    • Part
    • Neck
    • Teeth
    • Lower
    • Length
    • Two
    • Large
    • Vertebra
    • Elasmosaurids
    • Found
  • neck ribs
    • Vertebrae
    • Tail
    • Back
    • Also
    • Front
    • Vertebra
    • Would
    • Plesiosaurs
    • Two
    • Elasmosaurids
    • Based
    • Species
  • formerly assigned species
    • New
    • Species
    • Welles
    • Remains
    • Cimoliasaurus
    • Also
    • Considered
    • Genus
    • Elasmosaurus
    • Two
    • Specimen
    • Recognized
  • genus
    • Welles
    • Species
    • New
    • Assigned
    • Cimoliasaurus
    • Vertebrae
    • Recognized
    • Also
    • Found
    • Named
    • Specimen
    • Elasmosauridae
  • samuel welles
    • Genus
    • New
    • Species
    • Considered
    • Assigned
    • Recognized
    • Plesiosaurs
    • Named
    • Specimen
    • Elasmosaurids
    • American
    • Elasmosaurus

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Elasmosaurus, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Elasmosaurus with Formerly assigned species. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
ElasmosaurusFormerly assigned species · splits 188 ⟂ 51
ElasmosaurusPaleoecology · splits 193 ⟂ 46
ElasmosaurusHistory of study · splits 201 ⟂ 38
ElasmosaurusDescription · splits 209 ⟂ 30
ElasmosaurusOverview · splits 216 ⟂ 23
ElasmosaurusClassification · splits 216 ⟂ 23
ElasmosaurusPaleobiology · splits 217 ⟂ 22
ElasmosaurusBibliography · splits 234 ⟂ 5

Map overview Semantic statistics

Elasmosaurus

Nodes239
Edges238
Triples143
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.008368
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Elasmosaurus to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Movements & History, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Elasmosaurus · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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