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- Plesiosauroidea - Wikipedia
Plesiosauroidea ( ˈpliːsiəsɔːr ; Greek: πλησιος plēsios 'near, close to' and σαυρος sauros 'lizard') is an extinct clade of carnivorous marine reptiles They have the snake -like longest neck to body ratio of any reptile Plesiosauroids are known from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods
- Plesiosaur | Size, Habitat, Facts | Britannica
plesiosaur, (clade Plesiosauria), any of a group of long-necked marine reptiles found as fossils from the late Triassic Period into the late Cretaceous Period (215 million to 66 million years ago) Plesiosaurs had a wide distribution in European seas and around the Pacific Ocean, including Australia, North America, and Asia
- Plesiosauroidea – Plesiosaur Directory
In popular literature both the superfamily Plesiosauroidea, and also the larger group Plesiosauria, can be referred to as ‘plesiosaurs’, and this can sometimes result in confusion See my article on different concepts of plesiosaur for the full story
- Plesiosaur - New World Encyclopedia
The Order Plesiosauria is divided into two suborders, Plesiosauroidea, made up (mostly) of long-necked forms, and Pliosauroidea, consisting of short-necked, elongated-headed forms Plesiosaurs that belong to the suborder Pliosauroidea are more properly called " pliosaurs "
- Plesiosauroidea - Oxford Reference
The former are defined as the superfamily Plesiosauroidea (e g Plesiosaurus and Muraenosaurus), the latter as the superfamily Pliosauroidea (e g Pliosaurus and Trinacromerum), the two superfamilies making up the suborder
- Plesiosaur Animal Facts - Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus - A-Z Animals
The order is further divided into two suborders; Plesiosauroidea and Pliosauroidea Members of the sub-order Plesiosauroidea are often referred to as the true Plesiosaurs
- Palaeos Vertebrates : Sauropterygia: Plesiosauroidea
The plesiosauroids were sea-going reptiles with long neck and small heads filled with long sharp curved teeth They had a flattened, barrel-shaped body and large paddle-shaped flippers The two front flippers were always somewhat larger than the hind flippers They ranged in size from 2 5 to 13 metres
- Plesiosaur - Wikipedia
"Plesiosauroidea" and "Pliosauroidea" today have a more limited meaning The term "plesiosaur" is properly used to refer to the Plesiosauria as a whole, but informally it is sometimes meant to indicate only the long-necked forms, the old Plesiosauroidea
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