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Plesioelasmosaurus
Genus of elasmosaurid plesiosaurs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Plesioelasmosaurus is an extinct genus of elasmosaurid plesiosaur from the Late Cretaceous (middle Cenomanian) Greenhorn Limestone of Kansas, United States. The genus contains a single species, P. walkeri, known from a partial skeleton.[1]
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Plesioelasmosaurus | |
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Some elements of the Plesioelasmosaurus holotype | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
Order: | †Plesiosauria |
Family: | †Elasmosauridae |
Genus: | †Plesioelasmosaurus Schumacher & Everhart, 2022 |
Species: | †P. walkeri |
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†Plesioelasmosaurus walkeri Schumacher & Everhart, 2022 | |
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