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Prehistoric life

Plesiosaurus

Plesiosaurus
Photo: Creator:Dmitry Bogdanov, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

At a glance

Scientific name
Plesiosaurus
Continent
Europe
Group
Marine reptile
Period
Jurassic
Diet
Fish eater
Length
Medium (3–9 m)
Moves
Swims
Feature
Long neck
Difficulty in WildGuessr
Medium

Did you know?

  • Mary Anning found the first complete Plesiosaurus skeleton in England in 1823.
  • It swam by moving four big flippers, a bit like a sea turtle.

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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q857081 · All prehistoric life · All entries