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SIMOLESTES
(si-mo-les-teez)
meaning: "Hearkening thief"
Simolestes
Named By: Andrews in 1909
Time Period: 170-145 Ma Middle-Late Jurassic
Location: England, France and India
Size: Estimated at up to 6to 10 meters long
Diet: Piscivore/Carnivore
Fossil(s): Few specimens, best known from skulls
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Sauropterygia | Plesiosauria | Pliosauroidea | Pliosauridae |
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Simolestes (meaning "hearkening thief") is an extinct pliosaurid genus that lived in the Middle to Late Jurassic. Fossils have been found in England, France and India.

Simolestes could exceed 10m in length.

Read more about Simolestes at Wikipedia
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