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Rhomaleosaurus

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Rhomaleosaurus
Temporal range: Early Jurassic
An image of the fossil of Rhomaleosaurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Reptilia
Order:
Plesiosauria
Family:
Pliosauridae
Genus:
Rhomaleosaurus

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Species:
cramptoni
Binomial name
Rhomaliosaurus cramptoni
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Rhomaleosaurus was a large, carnivorous Pliosaur that lived between 208.5 and 174.1 million years ago. It was between 22 and 23 feet (6.7 and 7 meters) in length, and likely ate fish and other marine reptiles. [source?]