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ANNINGASAURA
(an-ning-sore-rah)
meaning: "Anning's lizard"
Anningasaura
Named By: P. Vincent & R. B. J. Benson in 2012
Time Period: Early Jurassic, 201.3-199.6 Ma
Location: England, Dorset, Lyme Regis - Lias Group
Size: Unavailable
Diet: Piscivore
Fossil(s): Skull and partial post cranial remains (NHMUK 49202 and NHMUK OR1336)
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Sauropterygia | Plesiosauria |
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Anningasaura is an extinct genus of basal plesiosaur. It is known from a single type species, A. lymense, discovered in Early Jurassic rocks of Lyme Regis in the United Kingdom.

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