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ALEXEYISAURUS
(ah-lex-e-e-sore-us)
meaning: "Aleksei's lizard"
Named By: A. G. Sennikov & M. S. Arkhangelsky in 2010
Time Period: Late Triassic, 210 Ma
Location: Russia, Franz Josef Land - Wilczek Formation
Size: Uncertain
Diet: Piscivore
Fossil(s): Partial skeleton
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Sauropterygia | Plesiosauria | Elasmosauridae |
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Alexeyisaurus is an extinct genus of elasmosaurid plesiosaur known from the upper Triassic (lower-middle Norian age) of Wilczek Formation, Wilczek Land, of Franz Josef Land, Russia. It was first named by A. G. Sennikov and M. S. Arkhangelsky in 2010 and the type species is Alexeyisaurus karnoushenkoi.

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