Plesiosaur Facts
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Name
Means
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"Close
to Lizard" |
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Type
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Predatory
marine reptile |
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Lived
When
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Early
Jurassic, 200 million years ago |
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Length
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8
feet or more |
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Weapons
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Size,
teeth; but very vulnerable because it didn't have tough hide |
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Diet
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Small
sea animals |
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Habitat
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Oceans,
Europe |
Interesting
Plesiosaur
Facts
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Even
though you may see a lot of paintings and pictures of plesiosaurs
with their necks stretched and bendy, scientists now think they
couldn't bend their necks much because of the way they were built.
There necks were actually pretty stiff!
It
is believed plesiosaurs laid eggs like turtles do, in the sand.
Plesiosaurs
did not chew, even though they had razor-sharp teeth, which it used
for trapping fish.
Plesiosaurs
were probably the first fossil reptile to be seen by scientists!
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Plesiosaur,
ancient long-neck swimmer
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Find more plesiosaur facts at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plesiosaurus
http://www.plesiosauria.com/images.html
http://www.open2.net/naturalhistory/palaeobiology/case/plesiosaurdiet.html
http://www.prehistory.com/plesiosa.htm
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