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Another reptile groupPlesiosaurCarnivore

Alexeyisaurus

Sea reptiles that swam with four large flippers, many with very long necks. Pliosaurs are a branch of the group with short necks and big heads, the top predators of their seas.

Who it is related to: Part of the Sauropterygia, a branch of reptiles separate from the dinosaurs.

This page has only the scientific data from the databases; there is no hand-written description yet.

Scientific details

Group
Plesiosaurs
Family
Elasmosauridae
When it lived
211.18–227.3 million years ago
Geologic stages
Norian
Named by
Sennikov and Arkhangelsky, 2010
Fossil occurrences
1 sites

Countries with fossils

  • Russia

Data from Paleobiology Database and Wikidata