Elasmosaurus

Elasmosaurs Facts

Name Means	"Thin plate"
Type	Swimmer, breathed air, fish eater
Lived When	Late Cretaceous (99-65 million years ago)
Weight	2 tons
Height	It was too heavy to stand, but if it could, it would have been around 30 feet tall.
Length	46 feet
Weapons	Good eyesight, and it could hide from schools of fish because of its long neck (its body would be 24 feet away!); also strong jaws
Diet	Fish, squid and other small sea creatures
Habitat	Open ocean. Fossils found in Wyoming, other parts of North America
Interesting Elasmosaurus Facts	More than half of an Elasmosaur's length was in its neck! That means its neck could be 25 feet long -- 4 times longer than a giraffe neck! Elasmosaurus had 4 flippers it used for swimming; these may have helped it get around on land a little. Because of its funny shape, when one scientist first saw its bones, he put the head on the wrong end!

Elasmosaurs had necks so long they would make
a giraffe jealous!

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