Elasmosaurus
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| Elasmosaurus Temporal range: Upper Cretaceous |
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| Elasmosaurus platyurus | |
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Fossil
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Plesiosauria |
| Suborder: | Plesiosauroidea |
| Family: | Elasmosauridae |
| Genus: | Elasmosaurus |
Elasmosaurus was a 46 foot long swimming reptile that lived in North America. It was a plesiosaur. It was first discovered in 1868 by a scientist named Edward Drinker Cope who accidentally put the head on the tail. It had over 70 vertebrae.
