Fresnosaurus
Fresnosaurus is an extinct genus of plesiosaur from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian stage) of what is now California. The type species is Fresnosaurus drescheri, first described by Welles in 1943.[1] The generic name Fresnosaurus honors Fresno County, while the specific name honors Arthur Drescher.[2][1]
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| Genus: | †Fresnosaurus Welles, 1943 |
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Fresnosaurus was probably at least 9 meters (30 feet) in length. Like all elasmosaurid plesiosaurs, it probably ate small bony fish, belemnites, and ammonites.[1][3]
References
- S. P. Welles. 1943. Elasmosaurid plesiosaurs with description of new material from California and Colorado. Memoirs of the University of California 13:125-254
- Sepkoski, J.J. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363: 1–560.
- Fresnosaurus from the Plesiosauria Translation and Pronunciation Guide
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