Plesiosaurs

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 50. Chapters: Cretaceous plesiosaurs, Jurassic plesiosaurs, Plesiosaurs in fiction, Triassic plesiosaurs, List of plesiosaurs, Plesiosauria, Liopleurodon, Dolichorhynchops, Styxosaurus, Elasmosaurus, Pliosaur, Plesiosaurus, Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur 2006, Gallardosaurus, Leptocleidus, Polycotylidae, Kronosaurus, Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure, Dactylosaurus, Cryptoclidus, Terminonatator, Callawayasaurus, Augustasaurus, Uronautes, Predator X, Kimmerosaurus, Brachauchenius, Mauisaurus, Beyond Loch Ness, Nichollssaura, Leurospondylus, Bathyspondylus, Futabasaurus, Apatomerus, Thililua, Cryptoclididae, Polyptychodon, Elasmosauridae, Umoonasaurus, Pantosaurus, Kaiwhekea, Morenosaurus, Colymbosaurus, Plesiopleurodon, Pliosaurus, Macroplata, Toi Umi kara Kita Coo, Megalneusaurus, Brancasaurus, Leptocleididae, Aristonectidae, Thalassomedon, Meyerasaurus, Muraenosaurus, Aristonectes, Vinialesaurus, Woolungasaurus, Zarafasaura, Opallionectes, Occitanosaurus, Rhomaleosaurus, Libonectes, Ogmodirus, Pistosaurus, Thalassiodracon, Aphrosaurus, Yuzhoupliosaurus, Maresaurus, Trinacromerum, Borealonectes, Tricleidus, Simolestes, Attenborosaurus, Tuarangisaurus, Fresnosaurus, Luetkesaurus, Hydralmosaurus, Peloneustes, Tatenectes, Alexeyisaurus, Brimosaurus, Polycotylus, Sinopliosaurus, Pahasapasaurus, Archaeonectrus, Manemergus, Plesiosauridae, Legend of Dinosaurs & Monster Birds, Hydrotherosaurus, Edgarosaurus, Cimoliasauridae, Cimoliasaurus, Seeleyosaurus, Georgiasaurus, Microcleidus, Aptychodon, Scanisaurus, Anarosaurus, Hydrorion, Bishanopliosaurus, Simosaurus, Eurysaurus, Rhomaleosauridae, Cymatosaurus, Hauffiosaurus, Sulcusuchus, Eopolycotylus, Palmulasaurus, Eretmosaurus, Pachycostasaurus, Hexatarsostinus, Eromangasaurus, Sthenarosaurus, Charitosaurus, Eridanosaurus, Orophosaurus, Piratosaurus, Plesiopterys, Taphrosaurus, Tapinosaurus, Deirosaurus, Discosaurus, Eurycleidus, Goniosaurus, Chinchenia, Piptomerus, Procotylus, Crymocetus. Excerpt: This list of plesiosaurs is a comprehensive listing of all genera that have ever been included in the order Plesiosauria, excluding purely vernacular terms. The list includes all commonly accepted genera, but also genera that are now considered invalid, doubtful (nomen dubium), or were not formally published (nomen nudum), as well as junior synonyms of more established names, and genera that are no longer considered plesiosaurs. There is no official, canonical list of plesiosaur genera but one of the most thorough attempts can be found on the Plesiosauria section of Mikko Haaramo's Phylogeny Archive; also pertinent is the Plesiosaur Genera section at Adam Stuart Smith's Plesiosaur Directory. Naming conventions and terminology follow the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. Technical terms used include: A plesiosaur ( ; Greek: plesios/p¿¿s¿¿¿ 'near' or 'close to' and sauros/sa¿¿¿¿ 'lizard') was a type of carnivorous aquatic (mostly marine) reptile. After their discovery, plesiosaurs were somewhat fancifully said to have resembled "a snake threaded through the shell of a turtle", although they had no shell. The common name "plesiosaur" is applied both to the "true" plesiosaurs (Superfamily Plesiosauroidea), which include both long-necked (elasmosaurs) and short-necked (polycotylid) forms, and to the larger taxonomic rank of Plesiosauria, which includes the pliosaurs. The pliosaurs were the short-necked, large-headed plesiosaurians that were the apex predators for...