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elasmosaur
/ ɪˈlæzməˌsɔː /
noun
- a very long-necked extinct marine reptile: a type of plesiosaur
Word History and Origins
Origin of elasmosaur1
Example Sentences
Some believe Nessie is a long-necked plesiosaur-like an elasmosaur - that somehow survived when all the other dinosaurs were wiped out.
Researchers have uncovered the 70-million-year-old fossilized remains of a massive elasmosaur from the icy depths of Antarctica unlike anything ever seen before.
In a jacket on a table downstairs of the museum are 15 neck vertebrae still in original life position, representing about a quarter of the neck of the 50- to 60-foot elasmosaur, an extreme variety of plesiosaur.
In a jacket on a table downstairs of the museum are 15 neck vertebrae still in original life position, representing about a quarter of the neck of the 50- to 60-foot elasmosaur, an extreme variety of plesiosaur.
The new species of elasmosaur is detailed in an article published Thursday in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.
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