Fresnosaurus
| Fresnosaurus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
| Order: | †Plesiosauria |
| Superfamily: | †Plesiosauroidea |
| Family: | †Elasmosauridae |
| Genus: | †Fresnosaurus Welles, 1943 |
| Species: | †F. drescheri |
| Binomial name | |
| †Fresnosaurus drescheri Welles, 1943 | |
Fresnosaurus is an extinct genus of plesiosaur from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian stage) of what is now California. The type species is Fresnosaurus drescheri, first described by Welles in 1943.[1] The generic name Fresnosaurus honors Fresno County, while the specific name honors Arthur Drescher.[2][1]
Fresnosaurus was probably at least 9 meters (30 feet) in length. Like all elasmosaurid plesiosaurs, it probably ate small bony fish, belemnites, and ammonites.[1][3]
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References
[edit]- 1 2 3 S. P. Welles. 1943. Elasmosaurid plesiosaurs with description of new material from California and Colorado. Memoirs of the University of California 13:125-254
- ↑ Sepkoski, J.J. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363: 1–560.
- ↑ Fresnosaurus from the Plesiosauria Translation and Pronunciation Guide
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