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EDGAROSAURUS
(ed-gar-o-sore-us)
meaning: "Edgar lizard"
Edgarosaurus
Named By: Druckenmiller in 2002
Time Period: Early Cretaceous
Location: USA - Montana - Thermopolis Shale
Size: Estimated around 3.5 meters long
Diet: Piscivore/Carnivore
Fossil(s): Remains of a single individual including the skull, vertebrae and most of a front leg
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Sauropterygia | Plesiosauria | Plesiosauroidea | Polycotylidae |
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Edgarosaurus is a genus of polycotylid plesiosaur, containing one species, E. muddi. The type specimen was found in Early Cretaceous (late Albian) rocks in the state of Montana in the United States. At the time, this location was covered by part of the Western Interior Seaway.

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