Definition of Elasmosaurid. Meaning of Elasmosaurid. Synonyms of Elasmosaurid

- alongside Polycotylidae. The earliest elasmosaurids were mid-sized, about 6 m (20 ft). In the Late Cretaceous, elasmosaurids grew as large as 11.5–12 m (38–39 ft)...
- the first recognized member of this group of long-necked plesiosaurs. Elasmosaurids were well adapted for aquatic life, and used their flippers for swimming...
- range of 6.4–9.2 metres (21–30 ft). It can be distinguished from other elasmosaurids by the following characteristics: there is a long distance between the...
- + Gr****: σαῦρος, romanized: sauros "lizard") is an extinct genus of elasmosaurid known from New Zealand. The type and only known species is Tuarangisaurus...
- (meaning "Marambio Island swimmer") is an extinct genus of weddellonectian elasmosaurid plesiosaur from the Late Cretaceous López de Bertodano Formation of Antarctica...
- Terminonatator (meaning "last swimmer") is a genus of elasmosaurid plesiosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Saskatchewan, Canada. It is known from a skull...
- Hydrotherosaurus (meaning "fisherman lizard") is an extinct genus of elasmosaurid plesiosaur from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian stage) Moreno Formation...
- Eromangasaurus is an extinct genus of elasmosaurid known from northern Queensland of Australia. Eromangasaurus was first named by Benjamin P. Kear in 2005...
- plesiosaur, named by Welles in 1943. Thal****omedon is among the largest elasmosaurids, with the holotype measuring 10.86 metres (35.6 ft) long and weighing...
- elongated heads with narrow snouts. During the Late Cretaceous, the elasmosaurids still had many species. All plesiosaurs became extinct as a result of...