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Plesiosaurus

Plesiosaurus (Greek: πλησίος (plesios), near to + σαῦρος (sauros), lizard) is a genus of extinct, large marine sauropterygian reptile that lived during the Early Jurassic. It is known by nearly complete skeletons from the Lias of England. Measuring around 3.5 m (11 ft) long, it is distinguishable by its small head, long and slender neck, broad…

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related to Sources · 71
Plesiosaurus → Academic, Amphibia, Anatomy, Ancient Marine Reptiles, Andrews, Avd, British Museum, Brown, Bulletin, Catalogue, Containing, Corosaurus, Cranial, Cruickshank, Diapsida, Dorsal, England, Fossil Reptili, Geological Society, Geology
related to Discovery · 21
Plesiosaurus → Additional, Anning's, Beche, Bristol, Conybeare, Conybeare's, De, December, Dorset, Early Jurassic, England, Henry De, Ichthyosaurus, It, Lias Group, Lyme Regis, Mary Anning, Plesiosauria, Sinemurian, The
related to Classifications · 17
Plesiosaurus → Benson, Cretaceous, Early Jurassic, English, European Early Jurassic, Hydrorion, Jurassic, Mesozoic, None, Occitanosaurus, Plesiosauria, Review, Seeleyosaurus, Several, The, This, Uncritical
related to Palaeoenvironment · 16
Plesiosaurus → Beef, Black Ven Marls, Blue Lias, Charmouth Mudstone, Dorset, England, Hettangian, It, Lias Group, Lyme Regis, Rhaetian, Shales, Sinemurian, Some, The, Unequivocal
related to Skull and dentition · 13
Plesiosaurus → As, Between, Compared, In, Just, Pliosaurus, Rhomaleosaurus, The, There, They, This, Unlike, Up
related to Vertebral column · 13
Plesiosaurus → Caudal, Cervical, Dorsal, Each, Generally, Nine, Of, Ribs, Sacral, Small, Some, The, There
related to Limbs · 6
Plesiosaurus → It, Like, Mature Plesiosaurus, Similar, The, There
related to Palaeobiology · 6
Plesiosaurus → For, If, It, Its, Its U-shaped, The
related to External links · 4
Plesiosaurus → Genus Plesiosaurus, Mikko's Phylogeny Archive, PalaeosPlesiosauria, The Plesiosaur DirectoryPlesiosauroidea
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Plesiosaurus → archetypical genus of Plesiosauria and the first to be described

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species plesiosauria early genus jurassic skull bones plesiosaur england lias neck two history dolichodeirus found includes assigned genera large natural

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Plesiosaurusis aarchetypical genus of Plesiosauria and the first to be described0.90text
Plesiosaurusrelated to ClassificationsThis0.60section
Plesiosaurusrelated to ClassificationsUncritical0.60section
Plesiosaurusrelated to ClassificationsMesozoic0.60section
Plesiosaurusrelated to ClassificationsNone0.60section
Plesiosaurusrelated to ClassificationsJurassic0.60section
Plesiosaurusrelated to ClassificationsCretaceous0.60section
Plesiosaurusrelated to ClassificationsReview0.60section
Plesiosaurusrelated to ClassificationsEarly Jurassic0.60section
Plesiosaurusrelated to ClassificationsEnglish0.60section
Plesiosaurusrelated to ClassificationsSeveral0.60section
Plesiosaurusrelated to ClassificationsEuropean Early Jurassic0.60section

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