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PLESIOTYLOSAURUS
(ples-e-o-ty-loe-sore-us)
meaning: "Near Tylosaurus"
Plesiotylosaurus
Named By: Charles Lewis Camp in 1942
Time Period: Late Cretaceous, 70 Ma
Location: USA - California - Moreno Formation
Size: Holotype skull about 90 centimetres long, estimated total length roughly 6.5 meters long
Diet: Carnivore/Piscivore
Fossil(s): Skull and jaw
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Squamata | Mosasauridae | Mosasaurinae |
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Plesiotylosaurus is a genus of mosasaur from the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous of North America.

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