Kronosaurus Facts
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Name
Means
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"Titan
lizard " |
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Type
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Marine
reptile |
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Lived
When
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Early
Cretaceous (144-199 million years ago) |
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Length
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23
to 30 feet |
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Weight
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Up
to 22 tons |
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Weapons
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Strong
jaws, crushing teeth that were up to 9" long |
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Diet
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Fish,
mollusks, reptiles, sharks, turtles, plesiosaurs |
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Habitat
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Australia;
scientists aren't sure, but some fossils in Columbia, South America,
may also be Kronosaurus |
Interesting
Kronosaurus Facts
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A Kronosaurus
skeleton at Harvard University has been nicknamed: "Plaster-osaurus"
because they had to use so much plaster to put the skeleton back
together.
Scientists
still aren't sure whether Kronosaurus lay eggs on shore (she would
have had to flipper her way up there!) or gave birth to live young
in the sea, like ichthyosaurus did.
Kronosaurus's
head was huge: up to 1/3 the size of its body.
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Kronosaurus terrorized the seas!
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