Elasmosauridae - Wikipedia
Elasmosauridae is an extinct family of plesiosaurs, often called elasmosaurs. They had the longest necks of the plesiosaurs and existed from the Hauterivian to the Maastrichtian stages of the Cretaceous, and represented one of the two groups of plesiosaurs present at the end of the Cretaceous alongside Polycotylidae.
Elasmosaurus - Wikipedia
Elasmosaurus (/ ɪˌlæzməˈsɔːrəs, - moʊ -/ [1]) is a genus of plesiosaur that lived in North America during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous period, about 80.5 million years ago.
Elasmosaurus Facts, Adaptation, Classification and Species
Apr 5, 2022 · Elasmosaurus was a genus of Plesiosauria that lived around 80.5 million years ago. It is believed that their population went extinct around 65 million years ago during the Cretaceous–Tertiary (K–T) extinction event. Elasmosaurus had a long neck (around 25 feet) with 71 neck vertebrae that offered a great flexibility to control their head.
Elasmosaurus - Prehistoric Wildlife
Mar 30, 2016 · Today Elasmosaurus is one of the best known plesiosaurs in the world, and is the type genus for the Elasmosauridae. This group is noted for having particularly long necks, proportionately even longer than the more standard plesiosaurs. These long necks are composed of a large number of cervical vertebrae that in ...
Elasmosauridae – Plesiosaur Directory
The Elasmosauridae is a group of very long-necked plesiosaurs. They form a major component of Late Cretaceous plesiosaur assemblages. The definition of Elasmosauridae has changed in recent years as our understanding of plesiosaur evolution has improved.
Elasmosaurus - A-Z Animals
May 27, 2024 · Elasmosaurus is a genus of plesiosaur that lived in the Late Cretaceous period in the Western Interior Seaway of North America.
Palaeos Vertebrates : Sauropterygia: Elasmosauridae
The Elasmosauridae were the largest most advanced of the long-necked plesiosaurs. The head is tiny in comparison to the rest of the body. The neck is extraordinarily long, with 32 to 71 cervical vertebrae, the number increasing in later species.
Exploring the World of Plesiosaurs - Facts, Pictures, & More
Elasmosaurus roamed the Western Interior Seaway during the Late Cretaceous period, intriguing scientists with its unique physique. Discovered in 1867 by Theophilus Turner, its features, such as a 25-foot long neck containing 71 vertebrae and sharp teeth, pinpoint its identity as a formidable marine predator.
Elasmosaurus Profile: The Prehistoric Marine Reptile - Ocean Info
Elasmosaurus platyurus, a giant plesiosaur discovered in 1867 by a military doctor and scout in Kansas, was an ancient marine reptile of the Late Cretaceous period.
The cranial anatomy and relationships of - PLOS
Aug 17, 2021 · We report a new specimen of the plesiosaur Cardiocorax mukulu that includes the most complete plesiosaur skull from sub-Saharan Africa. The well-preserved three-dimensional nature of the skull offers rare insight into the cranial anatomy of elasmosaurid plesiosaurians.