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Elasmosaurus
Elasmosaurus E*las`mo*sau"rus, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a metal plate + ? a lizard.] (Paleon.) An extinct, long-necked, marine, cretaceous reptile from Kansas, allied to Plesiosaurus.

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- Elasmosauridae is an extinct family of plesiosaurs, often called elasmosaurs. They had the longest necks of the plesiosaurs and existed from the Hauterivian...
- previously thought to belong to Thal****omedon. Styxosaurus was a large elasmosaur, with a long neck measuring about 5.25 metres (17.2 ft) in total. The...
- American elasmosaurs from the Cretaceous of the western interior". Paludicola. 2 (2): 148–173. Cicimurri, D.; Everhart, M. (2001). "An Elasmosaur with Stomach...
- single species, Albertonectes vanderveldei. Albertonectes is the longest elasmosaur, and more generally plesiosaur, known to date both in neck and total body...
- fish, as well as describing the dinosaur Dilophosaurus in 1954 and the elasmosaur Fresnosaurus in 1943. Gregory, Joseph. "Memorial to Samuel P. Welles:...
- in forms with very long necks. Another study found the long necks of elasmosaurs would normally increase drag during forward swimming but this was cancelled...
- beneath Urquhart Castle, where they encounter a family of plesiosaur and elasmosaur hybrids. Isabel can communicate with them through a series of whistles...
- penguin-like polycotylid plesiosaurs (3 meters long) and huge long-necked elasmosaurs (13 meters long) also diversified. These predators fed on the numerous...
- hdl:11336/79718. ISSN 0272-4634. Gasparini, Z.; Del Valle, F.; Goñi, R. (1984). "An elasmosaur (Reptilia, Plesiosauria) of the Upper Cretaceous in the Antarctic". Contribuciones...
- the opportunity for many great marine dinosaur discoveries, like the Elasmosaur and the Mosasaur. The first major paleontological discovery in Courtenay...