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Umoonasaurus
Extinct species of reptile / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Umoonasaurus is an extinct genus of plesiosaur belonging to the family Leptocleididae. This genus lived approximately 115 million years ago during the Early Cretaceous period (Aptian-Albian stages), in shallow seas covering parts of what is now Australia. It was a relatively small animal around 2.5 metres (8.2 ft) long. An identifying trait of Umoonasaurus is three crest-ridges on its skull.
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Umoonasaurus | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
Order: | †Plesiosauria |
Family: | †Leptocleididae |
Genus: | †Umoonasaurus Kear, Schroeder & Lee, 2006 |
Species: | †U. demoscyllus |
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†Umoonasaurus demoscyllus Kear, Schroeder & Lee, 2006 | |
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