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Description: | Specimen of a fossil reptile (plesiosaur), Plesiosaurus sp., collected from the Lias of Early Jurassic age from near Whitby, North Yorkshire (NE England). Collected by Emma Smith.
These three vertebra (back bones), come from a plesiosaur, which is a large sea-living reptile that lived at the same time as the dinosaurs. Plesiosaurs had a rounded body, a small head on a long neck, and four flippers. They had sharp pointed teeth to help them hold the slippery bodies of the fish that they ate.
The specimen was found in North Yorkshire.
It is from the Jurassic period (206 - 144 million years ago) | Publisher: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Subjects: | Classification: Chordata Reptilia Smith Emma | Temporal: | Jurassic period (206 - 144 million years ago) | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/geofinder/se... | Go to resource |
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