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EOPLESIOSAURUS
(e-oh-ples-e-o-sore-us)
meaning: "Dawn Plesiosaurus"
Eoplesiosaurus
Named By: Roger B. J. Benson, Mark Evans & Patrick S. Druckenmiller in 2012
Time Period: Early Jurassic, 199.6-198 Ma
Location: England - Blue Lias Formation
Size: About 3 meters long
Diet: Piscivore
Fossil(s): Almost complete skeleton, lacking the skull
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Sauropterygia | Plesiosauria |
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Eoplesiosaurus is an extinct genus of basal plesiosauroid known from the Early Jurassic period (most likely earliest Hettangian stage) of the United Kingdom. It contains a single species, E. antiquior.

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